For those of you who may have wondered where I went, since I haven't written each day, we've been SO MANY places and seen SO MANY things! We've been blessed with the wonderful curse of having days that have been incredibly full. Let me do a bit of catch up. First, this is a college …
Brave Women in the Hill Country
"In those days Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country" (Luke 1:39) It is merely the beginning of our journey and that one verse is forever changed, for me! Mary went to the "hill country" to visit Elizabeth and Zechariah. Ein Karem or Ein Kerem...no matter how …
Walls, wailing, and walking
Over the centuries many walls have been built, torn down, rebuilt, torn down...ad infinitum. Some things can't be rebuilt. One of those things is the Temple. When we read the Old Testament, we hear that David will not get to build the Temple but that his son, Solomon, will (2 Samuel 7:1-17) and does (1 …
Beginnings: aka “What do geography and moms have in common?”
Every journey begins somewhere. Our class today was about understanding beginnings, and new beginnings, and even newer beginnings. You see, no matter the journey, it starts somewhere. With this journey, it was first important for us to understand the geography of the area before learning the history and stories. We had an amazing first glance …
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Getting to Jerusalem
Having spent the night in the northern West Bank city of Nablus (the Biblical city of Shechem), I was afforded the opportunity to meet my friend's Sunday school class and join them as they toured the Mount of Olives. It may only be 39 miles between the two cities however, our journey there took nearly …
January 7th – aka “The Day that Wasn’t”
It seems that the only time I'm not nearly as bothered by the shorter amount of daylight is when I'm flying. There is something that thrills me when I get to see the Capital Mall all lit up and waiting for people to come see the monuments at night. This was my view as I …