Mid-August Update
Things are changing... but I am behind schedule...
Shalom everyone! I hope this message finds you doing well!
Just wanted to post something on here to show that I am still around and I am still planning on the reboot. But I have to admit, I am pretty well behind schedule right now. I work a forty hour a week job that often ends up with me working around fifty hours total. And I am not in the best shape, so I get tired easy these days. I am, after all, forty-six years old, working like I am still twenty-five.
So, first, I am going to work on getting setup the weekly Torah portions, so that, even if I don’t have new articles to post every week, there will still be an update with that week’s Torah portion.
I also wanted to address the sudden appearance of images here on this Substack. Let me admit to the truth of most of the images: Yes, they are AI generated. I use PicLumen to generate images based on ideas that I have taken from the content of the article that I have posted. The image above was generated just thirty minutes before I wrote this paragraph. But I am NOT using AI to write any of my articles. If I did, there will be a lot more articles (but they’d all be wrong in so many ways!) then what I currently have. But I personally see no problems with AI generated images and will be using them as needed.
But not ALL of the images that I have up here are AI generated. A few of them are public domain images that I have found that fit the theme of the article. Perhaps I should make note of how I use the images and in the future, I will try to make note of times that I am using a public domain image. Unless, I am taking a photo of an item that I am reviewing or just talking about in general, I will try not to use any images that aren’t public domain or AI generated.
I wanted to take some time and throw some plugs out to everyone for some places that I like.
First is my local congregation. Shomair Yisrael in Knoxville, TN has been the place that I have attended in the past. It is a fair drive from where I am, so that, along with my work schedule, has made it really hard to attend their services in person. But I love watching their services on YouTube. Check them out if you need a good service to watch on Sabbat morning!
There also is a place that I did attend for short time and they are a small but great group over in Townsend, TN called Destiny’s Gate. Check them out as well!
And since I finally received permission to do so, there is a discord server that I wanted to invite all of my readers to come and attend. It’s a Messianic server, but we welcome everyone to come in and participate in everything that you are comfortable in participating in. It’s also connected to the r/messianic reddit forum. Just last night, we had a wonderful voice chat, several of us on the server all came together and had a chat. So far, the plan is to do this at least every other Sunday night, so please come join us if you can/want!
Speaking of which, I also started my own reddit, r/Messianic_Gentiles. I myself am a Messianic Gentile (that is, I am not Jewish) and I am going to, hopefully, explore the role of the Gentile in the Messianic world in the coming reboot. Please feel free to come on in to r/Messianic_Gentiles and ask the tough questions that you may have had.
So, that’s all for now. I think. I am hoping to get this kicked up into full gear here soon and get articles written, edited and posted. I love all of you! Praise HaShem!
Leave a comment below, please, and let me know how excited you are about the coming reboot! Or anything else that you have on your mind! I’ll even take prayer requests! Always willing to lend a prayer to anyone!