-Dec 25, 20177 minNativity Walk – HopeFinal installment in a Christmas series beginning with NW1: After an evening of memories and laughter with family, M & J went to bed. Ms....
-Dec 24, 20175 minNativity Walk 7Part 7 in a Christmas series beginning with NW1 Waking up in Jericho, Mary and Joseph had the Mountains of Judea to the South and West...
-Dec 23, 20175 minNativity Walk 6Part 6 in a Christmas Series beginning with NW1: The sun was barely out when Mary was awakened by the baby’s kicking. She said her...
-Dec 22, 20174 minNativity Walk 5**This is part 5 of a series, beginning with Nativity Walk 1: As our young couple and their favorite donkey ambles along, the landscape...
-Dec 21, 20173 minNativity Walk 4**This is part of a series, beginning with Nativity Walk 1: Walking into town with the sun setting to the right, Mary is itching to take...
-Dec 20, 20173 minNativity Walk 3**This is part of a series, beginning with Nativity Walk 1: After several hours, M & J approach Salim. After a meal in town and then a...
-Dec 19, 20177 minNativity Walk 2**This is part of a series, beginning with Nativity Walk 1: “Joe, did you hear that?” “Hmm mmm..” “Joe – I heard something. Wake up.”...
-Dec 18, 20175 minNativity Walk 1Go back in time, a couple of millenia with me: It is the month of Tishri (Sept/Oct), year 3758 of the Hebrew calendar. 200 years ago...
-Dec 9, 20178 minO JerusalemPresident Trump has recently acknowledged Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, and promised to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to...
-Nov 26, 20173 minהתקדמותו של צליין or reflections on a pilgrimage 4Tsoro in Hausa. خوف in Arabic. Peur in French. φόβος in Greek. Miedo in Spanish. डर in Hindi. Takut in Indonesian. 恐れ in Japanese. Timor...
-Nov 25, 20175 minהתקדמותו של צליין or reflections on a pilgrimage 3Christ was not known for being critical, but many Christians are. Christ was not characterized by a judgmental attitude, but Christians...
-Nov 24, 20175 minהתקדמותו של צליין or reflections on a pilgrimage 2Perhaps I need to re-consider my understanding of the term “Godly.” I suggest this because I have always matched that term to what is...
-Nov 23, 20174 minהתקדמותו של צליין or reflections on a pilgrimage 1Jerusalem is a home to Judaism, Christianity, Islam and other religions. The “Holy City” has been an incubator of religious thought and...
-Nov 18, 20175 minPilgrimage IXMusic changes perception. I listen to a lot of music, and lots of types of music, and when I studied in London I would walk through the...
-Nov 16, 20174 minPilgrimage VIIIAs Mr. Twain pointed out in “Innocents,” every rock, thorn, bush, brick and fragment of masonry in Jerusalem has a story behind it....
-Nov 15, 20175 minPilgrimage VIIAlternative Title: No Room inn the Cab. We started our day by walking through the Moslem cemetery on one side of the city wall to enter...
-Nov 13, 20173 minPilgrimage VIYes, that’s a real camel, and yes I’m riding it with no one leading it, on the Mount of Olives, and yes that is really Jerusalem in the...
-Nov 12, 20175 minPilgrimage V“The David Hotel” on the Dead Sea. I went down to the workout room at 7 am, only to be told in an ancient, foreign-to-me tongue that it...
-Nov 11, 20175 minPilgrimage IVAll the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and entrances, and one man in his time plays...
-Nov 10, 20176 minPilgrimage IIII was awakened this morning by a tweeting sound and looked out the window to view the sunrise over the Sea of Galilee and the hills just...