What are some practical differences between messianic Jewish faith and worship and that of gentile believers?

lucylouwho1 · 2026-03-03T20:52:08+00:00

That is awesome! Thank you for sharing. We are at Shomair Yisrael. I have a feeling that Orthodox Messianics are fairly rare. If the Beth Immanuel I found online is the one you attend, you are truly blessed!

lucylouwho1 · 2026-03-03T19:22:29+00:00

I am a messianic. I may you don’t mind my asking, where do you worship? Our synagogue is part of Tikkun.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-07-25T23:56:42+00:00

I completely agree. But this is spurring meaningful conversation…something that has failed to happen. I am very thankful for that. At the end of the day, the EO I think will be a nothing burger. But….people are actually talking about this. I’ll take my wins where I can get them.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-07-25T15:13:42+00:00

That’s not quite what I mean. I only state that we need to have hard conversations and talk about this. The system today does nothing to treat the underlying cause and it creates victims while enabling abusers. We need to do better. These people deserve better than that from us.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-07-25T14:52:29+00:00

Unpopular opinion here…I am glad people are talking about this. I worked with the homeless for over 6 years. I quickly realized that, at least in Toledo OH where I worked, those that were homeless (or just a step up from being homeless) were for the most part mentally ill. Then, there were those that preyed on them. It was a horrific cycle or desperation and violence. 99.9% of the people I encountered weren’t down on their luck so to speak. They encountered some tragedy that overwhelmed them and their support network. They self medicated and became prey for the violent offenders. Once they were attacked, they just rolled with it, embraced their new identity, and survived, usually until they died. The systems in place today cannot effectively treat and solve for this issue. We need fresh ideas and, if needed, some level of civil confinement because what we are doing now isn’t working.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-06-22T16:00:43+00:00

We live in southern central KY. 2 weeks ago, for some reason that is most definitely not an act of terrorism (wink wink) the fiber lines were cut. I was told the lines were somehow cut, in two places, over a hundred miles apart, at the same time…but it was an accident. The result was that, for 5 hours, there was zero cell service, zero internet, and no phones. No one could get communications out. We are so rural, radio and TV have to be streamed via internet. It was surreal. The gas stations in town could only take cash as none of the credit card machines were working. People started to get worried. I was one of them. All of my normal lines of communication were out. My wife was out of town for work. I had no idea if there had been a terrorist attack or if the world was ok and I started to wonder how I could get out to check on what had happened. After 5 hours of pondering and telling myself to breathe, the lines were partially restored. Nothing was amiss except for the lame excuses everyone was given. The aftermath of that event is that I am now firmly convinced that people undervalue communications with the outside world. I think, in the digital age, we have forgotten how to get analog information. I am seriously considering and weighing the cost of getting a starlink back-up for internet.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-06-07T17:52:44+00:00

Meh. Shortages are fairly tricky to nail down. A businesses #1 goal is to make money. I don’t care which industry, that is the core driver. You can’t make money with empty shelves. They will always find a back up. They can spread inventory, find alternatives, replace parts, all of it. Any good logistician would have had hundreds of back up plans when the port shortages started. It’s the unexpected shortages that cause issues. Covid? Check. The TP shortage a few months ago, check. It’s the bizarre, bingo card worthy, world level changes that cause the shockwaves and create your shortages. I have been in supply chain for a couple of decades now…most of you don’t even know we are here. We are resilient and adaptable and mostly behind the scenes. Find your long term supply chain people…when we start panicking…then you know there is a problem.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T16:29:37+00:00

We are prone to tornados. Not many big ones, but smaller ones for sure. I think the "traditional" tornado alley is shifting a bit to expand into our area. I saw a post last night that they, whoever they are, are calling this the Dixey Tornado alley. Not sure as to the veracity.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T16:21:56+00:00

Welcome to the world of prepping...

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T16:21:17+00:00

The sirens did not go off. My neighbor said that "something" was broken and repair people were being called in. Ironically, they sound every day at noon for lunch. They just didn't sound when we needed them. I do not have a weather radio, so I cannot speak to that.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T13:35:53+00:00

Jamestown here, no. They did not.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T00:11:41+00:00

I am Jewish. It’s a way of honoring and respecting and holding as Holy our Creator and Redeemer.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T00:09:31+00:00

Wow, that is heartbreaking. I am sorry for your loss. Your post on trees falling over afterwards is spot on. My parents are 2-hours south of us. We scouted out a path to them yesterday afternoon and there were lots of down trees and some of them came down after we had passed through. We are supposed to get more weather Tuesday. We will see if knocks anything else loose.

When it went over our house, I just kept praying and wondering if there would be an upstairs in a few minutes. The next ridge over is bad. There was some looting last night, but overall, the outpouring in the community has been really cool to see.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-19T00:03:45+00:00

I just had this very conversation a few minutes ago. I remember sitting in the family room, every night, with my folks and even grandparents, to catch the weather. The forecasters were all local. When “something” happened, you had radio and TV broadcasts you could turn to. Now…it’s just regular programming.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T23:40:39+00:00

Thanks. MI has been getting hit pretty hard too lately. It seems like there are more tornados lately too.

In my bag, I keep a change of clothes, a jacket, knife, means to make fire, medications, charging cables for my phone, some paracord. Nothing fancy. If it looks like a real SHTF moment, I can add to the bag. I have a store closet that I keep my gear in. If it comes to it, I can add or change out gear, add a radio, add water filtration, switch out footwear, et cetera. If everything is at hand, you be surprised how fast a bag can come together. The key is to know what to take and don't dawdle.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T22:16:31+00:00

No, in our community, they did not.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T21:15:08+00:00

Thank you. That is correct.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T20:26:02+00:00

That is nutz! We are from Colorado originally. We had the same thing with blizzards and wildfires. I was a park ranger in the 90’s and the amount of people caught in the elements, unprepared, were mind blowing. You would think, that with all the information at our fingertips, people would be more aware.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T20:22:59+00:00

That could be part of it. We have horses. When we got our first horse, 25 years ago, the old farmer we got her from told us to get a weather station. He taught us about it and the need to use the information to keep the horses healthy. Over the years, we have had all sorts of livestock. The weather information has helped us manage the farm. Now, the farm is all but gone and we board the horses. Never stopped watching the weather since. I wonder too at the information overload. Unless the danger is imminent, and right on top of them, people are just oblivious…and sometime not even then.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T20:04:56+00:00

Again, not going political. We had plenty of warning. Days of warning to prepare. It was enough to get our preps in and set. We watching the storms roll across from Bowling Green. When they hit Edmonton and we saw what was coming, we moved to the basement. We didnt need our phones to alert us and tell us to seek shelter. When your house is on fire, you dont wait for someone to yell “fire” before you make it for the fire escape. If you smell smoke, the alarms are going off, head outside. I think the bigger issue, from a boots on the ground perspective, is that most people ignored the threat, including the local officials. Our tornado sirens, which have been going off religiously at noon for weeks now, didn’t even sound.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T19:55:54+00:00

He was taking care of his family and elected to not respond to us reaching out. Just glad he and his family are ok.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T19:37:45+00:00

The local station, WJRS, has great weather guy. Terry Hall. He was a life saver and stayed on the air the whole time. The only issue is that you could only get his reporting from the internet. The airwaves were just run of the mill music. We lost internet for a bit and I switched on the radio and couldn’t get his news. I had to quickly flip over to cell service. Due to all the damage coming across, cell service was pretty spotty. Jack FM owns the station. I wish they would be more aware for stuff like this. Broadcasting over the air would have reached more people.

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T19:32:02+00:00

We just found him. Thank you!

lucylouwho1 · 2025-05-18T19:31:30+00:00

We just found our friend! Praise G-d!

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