I woke up this morning feeling a little bit sad. Today, we loaded up our bus and left Israel – left Jerusalem – left our new friends and family in this Holy Land. With 2/3 of my pilgrimage complete, today began the final chapter of this incredible Journey – retracing[…]
Israel/Egypt – Traveling in Sinai
I woke up this morning feeling a little bit sad. Today, we loaded up our bus and left Israel – left Jerusalem – left our new friends and family in this Holy Land. With 2/3 of my pilgrimage complete, today began the final chapter of this incredible Journey – retracing[…]
Israel/Egypt – final day in Israel
Today has been a day of reflecting on this experience. For most of those on this pilgrimage, it was their last day (in fact they are driving to Tel Aviv for their plane trip as I type this.) A few of us have remained to extend our trips in various[…]
Israel/Egypt – the Old City
I have had several incredible moments on this pilgrimage – many of which I’ve tried to capture through this blog. At least 3 different times, I felt my emotions grabbing me and throttling me all over the place. Today has been the dearest to me, but it was not just[…]
Israel/Egypt – an unexpected turn of events
We woke this morning with the plan of walking through the Old City of Jerusalem which includes some of the holiest places on the trip. We also woke up to a significant drop in temperature and rain. Our guide, the Bishop and tour bus captain conferred and agreed that a[…]
Israel/Egypt – Bethlehem and the outskirts of Jerusalem
I’d like to start this post by talking about the lecture following our dinner tonight. The tour group we are with has been operating and bringing pilgrims to Israel since 1987 and they are absolutely topnotch. As a part of the tour, they provide a few free lectures after a[…]
Israel/Egypt – Bethlehem and the outskirts of Jerusalem
I’d like to start this post by talking about the lecture following our dinner tonight. The tour group we are with has been operating and bringing pilgrims to Israel since 1987 and they are absolutely topnotch. As a part of the tour, they provide a few free lectures after a[…]
Israel/Egypt – Bethlehem and the outskirts of Jerusalem
I’d like to start this post by talking about the lecture following our dinner tonight. The tour group we are with has been operating and bringing pilgrims to Israel since 1987 and they are absolutely topnotch. As a part of the tour, they provide a few free lectures after a[…]
Israel/Egypt – Megiddo and more…
Today started out a little earlier than past days – the wake up call rang my room at 5:45 – WOOF! By 7 am we were on the road heading out of Galilee and towards Nazareth. Yep, today was the day we checked out Jesus’ hometown! As we pulled into[…]
Israel/Egypt – Lower Galilee
Today was Jim’s day in the candy shoppe! Yesterday was a truly moving experiences of holiness and awe. Today was something completely different, though equally amazing. We started a little later this morning and headed to the south of the Sea of Galilee where the Jordan River empties itself and[…]