The old city of Jerusalem is TINY. It is one square kilometer and built atop its own ruins. In some excavated areas I could look down ten feet and see the top of the city walls from 800 BC. The current streets and walls date from 1537 AD. Every street is packed with history, and …
We now head toward Galilee to see the ministry sites of Jesus. My mental picture of most Bible stories are two-dimensional felt boards, so I am excited to replace that with the experiences of real places. Nazareth and Basilica of the Annunciation: where the angel Gabriel announced to Mary that she would be the mother …
Haifa, on the North coast of Israel, is destination one. It sits at the foot of Mt. Carmel and just down the coast from Acre and Lebanon. I was mesmerized by the scenery outside the bus window as I thought of my favorite Old Testament story. Elijah challenges the prophets of Baal that whoever's god …
If I were an evil travel agent, I would book the first two days of my trip in the exact same way for someone else. It was so frustrating that it felt diabolical, yet I had done this to myself. We arrived in Tel-Aviv after 22 hours of travel on a Friday night. Shabbat (Sabbath) …
