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 people named in the Bible.

Bible Commentary
On the Knife Edge of Hope
It is possible to explain the meaning of life without a Creator, but is any such explanation sustainable apart from the Creator? How can we

