Reunion Roadmap

Do you live by faith? We may think we live by faith until we realize how large a support system we have. The infrastructure of developed countries ensures that we have few long-term worries about the availability of drinking water, enough food (even if it’s not quite the food we like), continuous electricity, and other things we consider the basic necessities of life. That’s not the case in many p...

What is the best way to act if God gives you understanding on something, but others somehow don’t receive that same understanding? Michael Marlin’s testimony provides one very good answer to that question. In his case, as in the case of man of our audience, that is what happened when he and his family began to investigate the parts of the Torah that they had not previously considered applicable to...

Bringing up children is a challenge. Bringing up 8 of them – including foster children – is an even greater challenge. How about adding a working farm, livestock, and a home-based business to the mix? Let’s not stop there; let’s think about moving all the people, livestock, and material possessions from Kentucky to Georgia. Would you be able to maintain your sanity through it all? If so, could you...

We continue our visit with Seena Koohestani, a psychology major at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. In our last show, he told us about his wrestling with anger at God in his first year away from home. What contributed to that wrestling, how was it resolved, and what would he share with young people and parents about his experience that would help them in their own walks of faith? This,...

Our guest in this show is Seena Koohestani, a senior at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He is on track to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, which is the first big step in what he understands to be his calling as a disciple of Messiah Yeshua. How did he come into this field of study, and what are the trials and opportunities for a Torah-honoring follower of Yeshua in psyc...

In this show, we complete our visit with Pastor Doug Hamp of The Way Congregation in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. What has changed in his life since coming to the understanding that the Torah (commandments, teachings, instructions) of God are still applicable today? As he has embraced this understanding and begun to share it as a Christian pastor, what challenges have come forth – and what blessings? Do...

Are you ready for a theological discussion? That’s just one piece of this visit with Pastor Doug Hamp of The Way Congregation in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. We would expect a man who taught Dispensational Theology to talk about it in the context of a Hebraic understanding of Scripture! That’s a key element in Doug’s testimony, which we share in this second part of our three-part interview with him. We...

We have a new guest this month: Pastor Doug Hamp of  The Way Congregation in Denver, Colorado. He shares his testimony of learning about our Hebraic identity in Messiah Yeshua, and how that impacts our approach to the Scriptures. As with many of our previous guests, that includes an understanding of Shabbat, the Feasts of the Lord, the dietary laws, and our relationship with the Jewish people. Dou...

Our visit with Barb and Bob Klika concludes in this show as they relate what has happened in the last several years since they and their friends started Set Apart Ministries. There have been growing pains over the last 19 years, but the congregation is still together, well established as a strong community of faith. How did it happen, and what lessons can we learn from their experience? That’s wha...

How did Set Apart Ministries get started? That’s what we hear in this fourth part of our five-part interview with Barb and Bob Klika. There is a move of Messiah’s Kingdom happening in northern Wisconsin, and they are deeply involved in it! Their testimony resonates with a discussion between David Jones and Barry Phillips on the spiritual process at work as we count the Omer between Passover and Sh...

Is there really an unseen spiritual realm all around us? Yes, there is! Barb and Bob Klika discovered it as Barb’s counseling career unfolded. That was one of the main avenues they traveled in their spiritual journey to where Barb is now Undershepherd of Set Apart Ministries . We learn more about that journey in this third part of our interview with the Klikas. Debra Pagel and Jimmie Black share t...

Did you know Barb Klika has written a book? New to Torah is one of many resources Barb has written based on the learning she and her husband Bob have experienced, along with their community at Set Apart Ministries . You can find New to Torah at their website ( https://www.set-apart-ministries.org/ ). In this show, we return to Wisconsin to continue our visit with the Klikas. We also present music...

This week we begin a five-part series featuring Barb and Bob Klika of Set Apart Ministries ( https://www.set-apart-ministries.org/ ) in northern Wisconsin. In this segment, we hear the beginning of their from Lutheran and Catholic backgrounds to join in the establishment of a Hebraic fellowship of which Barb is the Undershepherd. Along the way, we’ll hear some special music by Debra Pagel, one of...

We conclude our visit with Bob O’Dell this week as Bob tells us about The Nations’ 9th of Av – what it is when it happens, and why it is important. To learn more, see The Nations’ 9th of Av ( https://9-av.com/ ). Also, check out Root Source ( https://root-source.com/ ), the teaching ministry Bob co-founded with Gidon Ariel. Root Source is the publisher of The LIST: Persecution of Jews by Christian...

Our conversation with Bob O’Dell continues in this show as he shares how he became aware of the 9th of Av in a powerful way, learning not only about the significance of the day for Jews, but also for Christians. Coming to that understanding was an important part of the journey that resulted in Bob meeting Gidon Ariel and partnering with him to establish their unique teaching ministry call Root Sou...

In this podcast, we begin a three-part visit with Bob O’Dell of Austin, Texas. Along with Gidon Ariel, Bob is co-founder of Root Source (https://root-source.com/), a ministry that helps Christians understand learn about Jewish concepts, ideas, and thought, to more deeply understand the roots of their faith. Bob shares with us not only about his connection with Root Source, but another initiative c...

We travel to Greenville, South Carolina, this week to talk with Dillon Litchfield. This young professional is highly skilled in the mechanical arts, but as Dillon is quick to explain, his identity is in Messiah Yeshua. In obedience to Messiah’s call, he stepped into the unfamiliar role of video host on Torah United , the YouTube channel he started as an avenue for interviewing guests from all part...

Pastor Chad Perry of Clearfork Baptist Church near Abilene, Texas is back with us this week, continuing the story of his walk with Yeshua. In this podcast, tells us about how Hurricane Katrina changed his life and the lives of many others in the church where he served in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a story about what the people of God can do as the instruments of the Almighty’s peace in times of...

Our destination this week is Abilene, Texas, where we meet Pastor Chad Perry of Clearfork Baptist Church . Is it possible to pastor in a Christian church and still practice a Torah walk in Messiah? Yes, it is possible, as Chad confirms. In fact, it was as a Baptist pastor that he began to understand the Torah principles our Messiah lived out. In this first segment of a two-part interview, Chad tel...

Our show this week opens with the third part of our interview with Kim Trainer and Betsy Ruch of York County, South Carolina. As we learned in the previous segments, Kim and Betsy established Fostering the Family ( https://www.fosteringthefamily.org/ ) when they became aware of the tremendous need for children in the state’s foster system, and of the families who care for them. In this final segme...

This week we return to York County, South Carolina, to continue our conversation with Kim Trainer and Betsy Ruch, co-founders of Fostering the Family ( https://www.fosteringthefamily.org/ ). What exactly is the need for foster care, and why should churches and synagogues and fellowships be involved in meeting that need? This is what Kim and Betsy help us understand in this second part of a three-p...

Our first show of 2019 goes to York County, South Carolina, just across the state line from Charlotte, North Carolina. We have the blessing to visit with Kim Trainer and Betsy Ruch, co-founders of Fostering the Family ( https://www.fosteringthefamily.org/ ). This unique ministry is dedicated to helping foster and adoptive families by igniting the Body of Messiah Yeshua to build care communities to...

In our last show for 2018, we complete our interview with Justin and Laura McCollough from Ellijay, Georgia. The McCulloughs continue sharing with us about the reconciliation that needs to take place with First Nations people in the State of Georgia, and the Resolution of Apology meeting held in Woodstock, Georgia. We are blessed to feature the First Nations pioneers of worship music Broken Walls,...

This week we go to Ellijay, Georgia to interview Justin and Laura McCullough who share their unique perspective as members of North America First Nations tribes. Justin and Laura participated in the Resolution of Apology meeting held in Woodstock, Georgia, on December 2, 2018. Such a gathering brings us the question, have we done enough to repent of the wrongs done against First Nations people? Th...

We return to Israel this week to conclude our visit with Brother Mordechai, spokesman for Ebenezer Home in Haifa ( https://www.ebenezer.co.il/ ). Mordechai tells us about the Nursing Ward expansion project for which they are now raising funds – a project that will expand the capabilities of this ministry to elderly disciples of Messiah Yeshua in Israel. Will Spires and Jimmie Black present our mus...