Author Archives: danielperek

When one wears ‘Tzitziyot’, the staring is obvious.  We stick out. We do NOT wear them to be seen.  Nor to feel important.  But, we wear them, simply because G-d said to, and Yeshua did so. The staring can, at times, be a little unsettling, but, I always remember that the Navi [Prophet] said thatContinue reading “What is THAT?”

Growing up, in some ways, my family was a good representation of the Kingdom of Elohim [G-d].  And this carried way into adulthood as well.  My parents were married very young; they barely knew each other when they married, but their marriage lasted through tests and troubles, for almost fifty years, until they died. MyContinue reading “Justice and Mercy | Mishpat v’Rakham”

Faith: What is it, biblically? The word used in the Brit Khadasha for ‘faith’ is אֱמוּנָה, “Emunah”; this is from the root word אמן “ahman”, where we get our word “Amein” [ay-men, for you southerners]. The Navi, Khabakuk, tells us what Avraham, Yitz’khak, and Ya’akov, and all the Patriarchs of the “Faith of Mashiakh” understood:Continue reading “Aw, main!”

The Menorah is the best symbol of Messiah Yeshua, the Messiah of Israel, the King of the Jews….

Yeshua. He is my Salvation. He has perfected me in the inner man, the ‘new being’, and before the court of Heaven, and given me access to the very throne of the Creator, to the heart of the Creator, His Father, with whom He is unified, because He originated from Him, and existed with HimContinue reading “Who is THAT?”

Yeshua’s model on love, correction, and discipline: In about 90 AD, Yokhanan had a crazy experience on Yom Kippur [The Day of יהוה  , NOT ‘sunday’]. He was told to write 7 letters, one to each Kahal [assembly]. The first one started with “I know your works, how hard you have labored, how you haveContinue reading “Love Hurts”

Obeying G-d and reading His Scriptures is not about the minutiae, the tedium of study, or the motive to be ‘right.’ It’s about learning HIS HEART. HIS DESIRE for us. What is HE LIKE, so that we can be LIKE HIM. That’s what ‘godly’ means. The way Sha’ul [Paul] puts it, His heart is HisContinue reading “Guardian of the Galaxy!”

Ashrei HaIsh The Man is Happy Still my theme song.  But today has been a very strange day. I take a walk at lunch to stretch my legs, going through the streets of downtown Houston.  Today, I was singing Ashrei HaIsh [man I love that song!  That Psalm (1)].  I rounded the corner and headedContinue reading “That buzzard! Hell oh hell!”

I can hear the Creator saying that.  I had the luxury of growing up knowing who both my parents were, having them alive and well through my whole childhood, [and very far into my adult life, though they both left too early], not having been adopted.  But, there was a time when I feared IContinue reading “I am NOT a ‘Step Father!’”