Bagels and Blessings

Kim McKay is a retired nurse practitioner and believer in Messiah Yeshua. Raised Protestant, she dedicated her heart to Yeshua in 1999 at her previous evangelical congregation and has served in various roles. On...

Robin grew up in a believing home and remembers her mother praying with her every night. She heard the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph many times.  When  she was  12  she went...

Mariah “Blue” Jackson is a Messianic Jewish biblical teacher, author, and content creator with a passion for helping believers understand Scripture through its historical, cultural, and Jewish context. She is one of the...

Donna was born in Ringgold, Louisiana on June 26, 1955. She has been a life long resident of Louisiana and currently resides in Denham Springs, Louisiana near the state capital city of Baton Rouge,  home of...

Tina was born to a teen Mom in Georgia. Early in her life she was a nurse. Most of her married life she was a stay at home mother, active in Christian schools her kids attended and also she was a Sunday school teacher...

John Gomez was raised in a non Jewish home. Although raised Catholic, he later became involved in a Baptist church. Sometime during the pandemic, he discovered Messianic music and was very moved when he heard the words...

Dolly grew up in a secular home and later learned of her Jewish heritage.  At the age of 17, during the Jesus Revolution, she was introduced to Yeshua at a youth meeting.  Dolly has been a licensed Pastor and...

Today I welcomed Tsiporah and Michael David back to Bagels and Blessings. Michael-David and his wife Zsiporah are a Messianic couple who have travelled around the world ministering in music and teaching over the decades...

Rabbi Greg is the United Messianic Jewish Assembly(UMJA) Vice President. He was born in Germany and was raised in a religious family in various US states.  At seventeen he joined the military and served alongside...

Jonathan is a second-generation Messianic Jew and works for Chosen People Ministries.  He holds a B.A. in History and earned his Master of Theological Studies degree in 2021 with a focus on the New Testament. His...

The son of a Jewish father,  Nathan Lewis is a husband, father, and pastor with more than two decades of experience shaped by serving the Lord in Scotland and the USA.  Moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, at 20...

Yosef was raised in an Orthodox Jewish home, then at fourteen years old he was placed in the Foster Care system when his parents passed away. Yosef attended Illinois State University.  He remembers hearing the rock...

Born and raised in Germany, Gabriela's Jewish heritage has profoundly shaped her life. Her father, much older than her mother, was already 25 years old when World War II began. He experienced firsthand the devastation...

Joyce Dorian is the host of The Bridge Podcast, where she seeks to build understanding, compassion, and healing between Jews and Christians through honest conversations, education, history, and personal stories. A...

Shirley was raised in a non-Jewish home in Texas. However, her Grandmother was Jewish and Shirley remembers celebrating Shabbat. She had a desire to learn more about her Jewish roots and she and her husband started...