A Book for Our Times...
Go Set a Watchman!
By Thomas Greaves
My friend, Thomas Greaves, leads the Shofar Ministry at our congregation, Beth Israel Worship Center in Wayne, NJ. He's written a book and the book has been released this week. It's available at Amazon.com.
I asked Thomas to share why he wrote the book and his vision for it. This is what he told me:
"As a career military veteran, I felt God's hand gently urging me to write just before the COVID virus hit us, to encourage all of us to be open instruments for God's purposes. I wrote this book to call us to action in this increasing spiritual darkness as watchwomen and watchmen, to stand in this late "hour" as prayer warriors who never rest until our Messiah comes.
My vision for this book is for us to keep using the full armor of God in spiritual warfare, to be open instruments to God's personal calling on each of us. I want to encourage all to be that open instrument to be used by our coming King, as our assignment is not complete; not yet. As this world gets darker, we must be God's instruments of light. We must stand ready, for the trumpet will sound. The King is coming and His arrival is imminent!"
The book is available now with hard and soft covers and an ebook is in the process of being created. By the way, that's Thomas blowing the shofar on the cover. I congratulate my author/friend and wish him much success!
And speaking of watchmen & shofars...
I have a poem to share with you from my 2006 Holyland pilgrimage:
MARCO SOUNDS THE
SHOFAR
Israel Pilgrimage—2006
Marco
bought a shofar in Galilee—
a
long and spiraled Yemenite shofar
made
from the horn
of
a kudo antelope
With
a deep and steady breath
Marco
blows its harrowing thunder
over
the Mount of Olives
the
Western Wall
the
Jordan River
and
just about every site
we
visit in holy Zion
trumpeting
its long distinctive wail
to
jolt us from our complacency—
Wake up!
Warning
all hearers:
Prepare! Repent!
Wake up! Oh, Sleepers—
Wake up! and follow
the Lord, your God!
Anne
brought her tambourine
from
New Jersey—
It’s
shaped like a Star of David
Colorful
ribbons stream
from
its six points
Like
Miriam, Anne lifts it high
and
dances with delight
praising
Adonai with worshipful women
from
all over the world
as
their swirling skirts sweep the ground
It’s
Shabbat, in Jerusalem
at
the Western Wall
and
I bought a tallit in Tiberius—
blue
and white like the Israeli flag
with
knotted fringes in the corners
to
remind me God’s promises are true
a
traditional prayer shawl
to
wrap snuggly around my shoulders
like
God’s loving arms
enfolding
me
as
I pray
Maude
Carolan Pych
Get Ready for Lent...
Maude's book, "Behold the Lamb...poetically!"
is a compilation of poems about the Birth, Death & Resurrection of Jesus.
It's available online at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
For more information go to: www.maudecarolanpych.net
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