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Bagels and Blessings

Proclaiming the Jewishness of the Gospel!

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Tina Collison Interview

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. Tina was saved at age 32. It was a trip to Israel with First Dallas Baptist church in 2014 where everything came together like a puzzle that was waiting to be finished. She loves…

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John Gomez Interview

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 to Marty Goetz’s song He is My Defense. John became very interested in the Messianic movement. He went through a difficult time when his father passed away, but God strengthened…

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Dolly Ziegler Interview

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 currently is studying to be a Certified Mental Health Counselor. She and her husband of 40 years have served as Childrens Pastors, Shabbat School Coordinators and Youth Teachers and Leaders.…

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Tsiporah and Michael

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 with a distinct Hebraic emphasis. As they minister, Michael-David brings the heavenly sound of the harp in worship and prayer. Along with their original music and the Songs of…

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Greg Lahtimaki Interview

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 the IDF and in the US Army. He has a B.S. in Business and Human Resource Management (Summa Cum Laude) and a M.S. in Executive Leadership (honors). He became a believer in Yeshua in 2010…

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Jonathan-Mystery Guest

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 research examines the connection between Yeshua’s (Jesus’s) miracles, especially the resurrection, and his messianic identity. His article, “The Resurrection of Jesus: Another Jewish…

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Nathan Lewis

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 years old to study at the University of Edinburgh, Nathan helped start an Every Nation church in the center of the beautiful and secular city. What started as a short-term study program became a…

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Yosef Koelner Interview

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 song “Jesus Christ Superstar” and it made an impression on him. A representative of Campus Crusade for Christ came to his dormitory and seeds were sewn. There came a time when God spoke…

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Gaby Hall Interview

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 that unfolded as the Nazis invaded what is now Ukraine, where many of the women in his family perished in the Holocaust. Those experiences left a lasting legacy, giving Gabriela a…

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Joyce Dorian Interview

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 self-described "nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn," Joyce spent many years spiritually searching before encountering Jesus as her Messiah through reading the Bible in 2021. Her journey has…

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Shirley Burris Interview

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 attending a Messianic congregation in Austin. The moment she entered, she felt like she was at home. Shirley became a widow five years ago and has remained active in the congregation.…

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