Greed, vengeance, murder, suicide, Enough to fill an epic Hollywood style drama. Tragic sites, we headed for two more of Herod the Great’s building marvels. We snaked out of Jerusalem toward the [Read more...]
Towering above ancient Jerusalem, perched on the place of most holy significance, the Temple Mount stretches high over the minions. But centuries before a bustling city bloomed or a temple idea [Read more...]
Brash Peter, chest pumped full, head raised lofty, So sure of his courage. So sure of his loyalty Even if all the rest of them fall away, even if I have to die with you, I am stronger than [Read more...]
I found it most fitting to spy out my bus window, a young shepherd and his faithful dog, herding the sheep in this town famous for it’s angelic revelation to the shepherds in the fields centuries ago. [Read more...]
I am not a follower. Never have been, never will be. Confession number one: My younger leanings were a bit to the rule-breaking, not the rule-keeping side of the spectrum. Confession number [Read more...]
I rubber-necked as we whizzed by several small ski shops. Whaaat?? Snow skiing in Israel? Wouldn’t you just love to know who the first Israelite skier was? I picture a turbaned man with robes [Read more...]
The glassy surface shimmered like diamonds scattered across it’s deep blue waters in the late afternoon sun. Six-hundred feet below sea level, the Sea of Galilee exists as the lowest fresh water lake [Read more...]
Can you picture it, Icy fingers leading frigid white winds as they blast down a blinding snowstorm like a locomotive full steam ahead… In the Holy Lands? Me either. In a kooky historical tale, [Read more...]
I confess I had no idea. I’ve read through the Old Testament a few times and yet this name was as foreign to me as if I’d never read a word of it in my life. Megiddo even appears eight times in the [Read more...]
To think I was standing on a place where God wrought a mind-blowing miracle, a mountain where unprecedented drama unfolded thousands of years ago. Where his presence glowed through the answered prayer [Read more...]