Counting the Omer is keeping the commandment to count 50 days (seven Sabbaths plus one day) between the offering of the first fruits of the barley harvest (often called First Fruits) until the feast of Shavuot (Pentecost) (Leviticus 23:15-21). This year The Barking Fox is counting the omer with modern pictures of places named in the Bible.

Bible Commentary
Kingdom Initiative
In the Army we learned to take initiative and be decisive. Is that the way we’re supposed to be in the Kingdom of Heaven? Exodus