My Bad Experience With University School of Colorado Springs

I was told today that my son could not and would NEVER be accepted to a Christian school called The University School of Colorado Springs.

The administration did not even take the time to interview me or my son in person. We are so disappointed. We were just exploring possibilities. It felt like a door was slammed in our face.

I think there might have been some anti-semitism involved with the school director's decision.

She made the statement that the fact he is not a believer and his age was the reason she did not "feel right" about considering my son's application, but I think the fact that our family is Jewish was a factor too.

We will never forget that he wasn't even given a chance to apply.

Something just doesn't seem "right" about the way this was handled.

I was told by the school's director that she just didn't have a good feeling about considering my son's application. My son's feelings are really hurt and he feels now that all Christian schools operate like this school.

There is something true to my son's assumption. I worked for a Christian school after I graduated from college. I was only there for one school year, but the entire experience can be summed up as "NOT GOOD." The administration of the school I worked for didn't act in a godly manner at all.

Now I'm glad my son was not given a chance to even apply to the University School of Colorado Springs. I also don't have any desire to ever again deal with a school that calls itself Christian.

Perhaps one day this school will realize that slamming the door in our face (and probably the faces of other past and future applicants) did nothing but confirm to my son that many Christians do not follow Jesus' example. Does Jesus say, "I don't feel good about you wanting to join me and follow me?" I think not!

Did Jesus Visit the Earth in 1981?

In 1981, on a Friday night, a guy named FRIEND knocked on our door. He was wearing a white robe and sandals and had long brown hair pulled back in a ponytail. He spoke in a gentle and loving manner. He was quite tall and handsome.

We gave him some food and talked about God, I recall. We then took him to meet some of our other friends, including Dan's cousin Doris.

The next day we talked about the encounter. Doris was almost sure that FRIEND WAS JESUS! I've never been that sure...I just felt like FRIEND was some guy that sure did a good job of playing the part!

We never saw FRIEND again, but I will never forget that encounter!

FRIEND looked like the guy in the attached photo (but was a bit taller and younger I recall.)

Regarding Isaiah 53

During my spiritual search, I read a book published by Chosen People Ministries concerning Isaiah 53. Yesterday, I noticed that a Jewish website, posted a very strong response about that chapter saying that the Christian interpretation is wrong. I posted that link on Facebook and got quite a few comments. One comment was a link that I want to post here too.

• Isaiah 53, The Suffering Servant - Cutting through the distortions and mistranslations of this enigmatic text. - From AISH.com
  
• Isaiah 53: What Did the Rabbis Say?
  

Link to the Story of My Son's "Spur of the Moment" Bar Mitzvah

I finally figured out how to get this online. It's the story of Joel's very non-conventional Bar Mitzvah! The name of this story is The Bar Mitzvah Minus the Year of Planning!!!

Two Links

These two articles are written by my rabbi. I am don't want to give up being Jewish. That is all there is to it. These articles say a Jew can no longer be Jewish if they believe in Jesus.

• What Kind of Jew...Are You???
• “Messianic Judaism”
  
  

Modern Technology!

Things have become so modern! People can now log in to worship services via the internet. and studying the scriptures can be done online.

Last night, I logged into an online worship service followed by a discussion in a chat room type format.

It's not quite the same as sitting down in a physical room with a group of people, but it was a good experience.

What was really cool is that my friend from California and another friend from Maryland were in the chat room discussion! Who would have thought that several people from all over the USA from different times zones can discuss God together all at the same time !?!?

For me, this was a good thing, since, at this time, I don't want to go inside a church. I also am so moved that my friends cared about me enough that they joined in on the chat room discussion and also the service. I do feel loved and I do feel cared about.

Will a Bunch of People Disappear On May 21, 2011?

Somewhere in the late 1970s, when I was a student at Colorado College, I saw a very cheaply done movie called "A Thief In the Night." The story was about The Rapture. The movie was shown at college campuses all over the USA, and many young people joined The Jesus Movement after seeing the film. ( I remember one friend in particular, named Jeff Wolf, who told me the movie scared him so much that he went forward at an alter call after seeing the movie.)

Anyway, one night, somewhere in about 1982, my husband, Dan, and I went to bed very early. I woke up around 12:30 AM and Dan was GONE!

I panicked. I really believed The Rapture had occured! I began looking under the bed, under the covers, and even inside drawers and closets for Dan's clothes or some sign of Dan.

I finally got on the phone and called Dan's brother. He came over to our apartment in the middle of the night. He looked for Dan outside behind bushes. Our car was still parked in front of our small apartment. Dan's brother looked inside and under the car. NO DAN.

Alll of a sudden, Dan walked up to our apartment and wondered why his brother was looking behind trees in front of our apartment in the middle of the night! Dan explained to me that he couldn't sleep and had gone for a walk to buy a magazine.

I told Dan I had truly believed he had been raptured. We've laughed and laughed about thiis for many years!

It such a funny story, but when I hear about people predicting that the world will end this coming Saturday, May 21, 2011, I think about that night!