Play That Funky Music...And Other Jewish Laws

I had no idea that musical muscles existed and, more importantly, that they can get out of shape (or maybe not in shape in the first place. After this weekend I am all music-ed out. Music has been a passing hobby for me for the past few years, but I am attempting to delve further into its recesses (especially before The Great Paul moves east). But this weekend was a little much for right now. We had worship practice (for Sol Cafe) on Saturday morning at Rob and Deb's, then a worship gathering for Claireview in the evening. Sunday morning was sound check and worship at Claireview, followed by worship at Sol Cafe. And to top it all off i started lessons with the aforementioned Paul of Greatness on Monday afternoon. Hopefully this will get me into shape sooner rather than killing me.

On a more intellectual note, I did some research about the 7 Noahide Laws of the Jewish faith. I was inspired to embark upon such a quest by Simone, a Jewish friend. Most of my info was gleaned from Wikipedia, but I plan to do some more poking around the internet. Basically, they are the 7 laws given to Noah after the flood as a new covenant, 5 of which are found later in the commandments given to Moses, and 2 of which are different (not eating meat that still has the lifeblood in it, and setting up just courts and laws. Essentially these are the laws which non-Jews who wish to become the "righteous among the gentiles" must follow. What I found especially interesting was the debate over whether or not Christians could be seen as sons of Noah because of the conflict between belief in the Trinity and the command to worship one God. It seems that Muslims have little difficulty being seen as "righteous" if they follow the other laws, but there is a split over Christianity's adherents being seen in the same light.

Much food for thought and further study...