Listen to Nick read the Firestarter.
When I am preparing a couple requesting to be married in our church, I inquire about whether they already belong to a church community. Sometimes I hear: “You don’t have to go to church in order to pray.” True. But the non-verbals and lack of life in the response often make it merely a game of “one-up-manship.” Very little prayer seems to be going on in some lives, and hardly any experience of the joys of being part of a community of faith.
As the objects from last week’s reading, so here, places for worship are featured. The verse for today is one of three verses where Moses refers to God’s instructions about where to worship. Find the other two.
Become sensitive to the places that are especially conducive to lead you into the Lord’s presence—a church, a favorite spot for a meditation walk, a small table-like altar in your house where you are drawn to God just by going there. In order for you to find God everywhere, there needs to be some places where you find God’s face first.
This is the first of three parts of the Torah Portion Reeh (Behold)
Conservative and Reform Jewish congregations read only this part this year,
as also in this Bible plan.
Here is the entire portion in all three parts.
Learn about Bible Breaths Learn More…
Example: Nothing but Thee within me 12:2
The Saturday passages follow the reading list that Jewish people use in their synagogue worship
throughout the world. They are taken from
“The Torah,” the first five books of the Bible from Genesis to Deuteronomy
that are read each year beginning with autumn.
For all the Firestarters I recommend the ebook. You will have the entire program of well over a thousand of these introductions with you on your phone or tablet. Check the menu options at the site for more information
The Bible Through the Seasons 