The American Chronicles: Sweet Run Surprise

Every once in a while you stumble onto a place that feels like someone tapped you on the shoulder and said, “Hey, want to see something cool?” That was Sweet Run State Park for us, tucked off a quiet stretch of Harpers Ferry Road. The entrance is so unassuming you half expect a park ranger…

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The March of Prophecy Part I—The peacemakers

In observing the current events in the Middle East, The Daily Jot is offering a three-part series on the March of Prophecy that connects the dots of agreements, leaders, and Scripture. The headlines out of Washington recently have been astonishing: A US president sitting down with a Syrian leader whose past includes fighting alongside militant…

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An Alarming Shift toward historic disaster

There’s an alarming real shift happening in how younger Americans view Israel, terrorism and the Jewish people. Recent polling shows attitudes that would have been unthinkable twenty years ago. Among adults under 30, only 14 percent say their sympathies lie mostly with Israel, while 33 percent side with the Palestinians. Another survey shows 38 percent…

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The Place

Jacob’s journey in Genesis 28:10-32:2, “Vayetze,” (And he went) opens with tension and uncertainty. After securing the blessing of the firstborn through deception, Jacob becomes the target of his brother Esau’s vengeance and flees toward his mother’s relatives in Haran. On the way, exhaustion drops him into sleep at a specific place, Ha Maquom. He…

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