by billyzh | Mar 25, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
Many of you by now know that yesterday was what is known as Palm Sunday. Basically… Jesus blows into town, blows up, then…blows out. Many of us forget what went down after He got up and off of that donkey. No warm and fuzzy Jesus here. We get to see what...
by billyzh | Mar 24, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK, Spirituality
On the Sunday before Christ’s crucifixion, Jesus walked the 2 miles from Bethany where He was staying, into the city of Jerusalem. When He arrived, He rode in on a donkey. People were running out in front of Him throwing palm branches on the ground creating a...
by billyzh | Mar 23, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
If you are just joining us today, don’t miss yesterday’s post. For the rest of you, welcome back! DAY 2: Saturday Have you ever seen Fiddler on the Roof? If so, there’s a scene in there that shows the families rushing home to prepare for Sabbath....
by billyzh | Mar 18, 2013 | Entertaining, History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK
There is one particular scene in the hit movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, where the guests are holding up and “klinking”…their red eggs! Do you remember that? Did you even catch it? Many of us are familiar with colored Easter eggs, but few of us these...
by billyzh | Mar 16, 2013 | History, Holidays
Contrary to popular belief…Saint Patrick was not a Leprechaun who danced in clover. He was an actual son of wealthy British parents that lived over 1600 years ago. Here’s the scoop. When Patrick was only 16, some Irish raiders attacked his family’s estate and...
by billyzh | Mar 15, 2013 | History, Holidays, HOLY WEEK, Spirituality
If you’re a musician, have been a music student, or had music classes in school, you may remember humming or singing, “Hot Cross Buns, Hot Cross Buns…” or better yet, you were doing the number system as you sang, “3,2,1….3,2,1” (the numbers used instead of the...
