The Jewish people celebrate three major festivals described in the Torah: Sukkot (Tabernacles) in the autumn, Pesach (Passover) in the spring, and Shavuot (Pentecost) in the summer. (Chanukah in the winter didn’t even make the top five in Jesus’s day.) The other three gospel writers, of course, tell us about Passover, and Luke in Acts … Continue reading December 7: John 7:1-43 (Festival of Water and Firelight)