I usually enjoy cooking, and my husband has been a culinary guinea pig throughout our whole marriage. I know how he feels by his comments about the results of the recipe. If he says, “This is ...

In the wilderness, God met the Israelites’ needs. Daily nutrition was provided in a wafer that God’s children called manna, described at first as “wafers made with honey” (Exodus 16:31). Although some ...

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Never underestimate your grandma’s prayers. Ninety-year-old Gladys Ellis makes a habit of praying for her grandson, Brett, and his wife, Leeanna, before they travel from Fremont to her parents’ home ...

In this Sunday’s readings from the Sacred Scriptures, we hear the familiar story from the Book of Exodus on the grumblings of God’s people in the desert. The account helps us to understand the Lord’s ...

Today we remember the most famous picnic in religious history. How many people were there? Some say 5,000. Did that include women and children? We know for sure that there was at least one child -- ...

For six years farmers in the Holy Land work the land, until they let it go. Shmittah’s laws are numerous and complex, detailing the Torah way for living in Eretz Yisroel, incorporating cycles of seven ...

I guess it’s the weather, but for some reason our garden is not producing as well this year as last. What we are getting is great, but there’s not as much of it. For most of our produce, we are ...