Shalom Dear Friends, Welcome to a New Year, the 4th in the history of KALEIDOSCOPE, our online newsletter. This edition of KALEIDOSCOPE is packed with potential! And potential is exactly what lies within a seed. Seeds are tiny packages of molecular dynamite containing plant DNA that not only sprout roots...
Tithing our First Fruit
While working on this Precious Gem article, I recalled a section in my memoir Just a Little Girl that I’d like to share. I was asked to speak several times at ladies Bible studies. I gave a teaching on the deeper meaning of tithing that was a divine revelation of...
Hebraic Understanding of Adam’s Rib
Dear Victoria, I will be officiating at my son’s wedding very soon and was hoping to get a better Hebraic understanding of the “rib that came out of Adam’s side.” Can you direct me to any reading or teaching you may have on this subject? Jeff Dear Jeff, Congratulations...
Spirit of the Lord
Dear Readers: Recently, I had the opportunity to participate with several members of our Nathaniel Fellowship in an evening worship service at a homeless shelter in the DFW metroplex. After sharing my testimony with hundreds of men, I was blessed to pray one-on-one with several of these precious souls. Community...
Learning His Ways
The Hebrew Bible is often mysterious and hard to understand. Most people realize the language is archaic and the traditions are foreign. But unless you know the multi-dimensional aspects of this holy tongue and the idiomatic expressions that involve complex concepts of ancient culture and thought, the deeper meanings may...
Hebrew Idioms
Question: Could you explain what Hebrew idioms are and give some examples in the Bible? Lisa Answer: Lisa, An idiom is normally a phrase - but it is different from other phrases in that its actual meaning is different from the meanings of words that make up the phrase. English,...
What Happened to Judah’s Brothers? A Closer Look at Family Ties
Abraham was originally a Gentile, a Persian from Ur. (What would now be modern day Iran.) There was no nation or culture of people at this time that called upon Adonai as their God although there were remnants (ancestors of Shem) that knew Him. It was God’s desire that a...
Relationships in Covenant
Dear Readers: Not long ago, my husband and I had the opportunity to connect with five of our six adult children, their spouses, our daughter-in-law and 18 of our 20 grandchildren in Scotland for our annual Sarvadi family reunion. Not many families of this size are able to converge at...
Takeaways from “Just a Little Girl”
QUESTION: Your memoir Just A Little Girl is a compelling story of an amazing life…just curious, what do you want readers to take away from having read it? A ANSWER: Dear A, I guess the bottom line would be that readers who are believers will develop a hunger to know more...
Sacrifice
Dear Readers: Sacrifice. A word rife with meaning and colored by perspective. A sacrifice is a loss or something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. Parents sacrifice time, sleep, and money to take care of their children, while kids might sacrifice hanging out with their friends to pursue a...