There were twelve of us who journeyed through the Holy Land – from October 15-23. With a lot of barrenness and one mountain and hillside looking just like all the rest, I can completely understand how Moses and the Israelites wandered for 40 years. Gratefully, several thousand years later, we had the assistance of highways […]

About a week before we left for the Holy Land, we were given “packing instructions.”  In addition to being told to ‘pack lite – if for no other reason than it’s 90-95 degrees in Israel – we were also told to leave our computers behind.  (Seeing as I use my netbook to store all the […]

Sorry for the erratic posting.  The internet connection here at the seminary is anything but ‘high speed.”  In fact, it seems like the old dial-up would be faster than what we seem to be getting here.  It’s taken me about 20 minutes just to get this short message typed and posted.  I tried uploading picture […]

I find it hard to fathom that I’ve already been in Rome for a month.  It seems like I arrived yesterday – but I also look at the calendar and realize that this sabbatical experience is nearly half-over! This past week we spent countless hours studying Paul’s letter to Philemon.  But, before you get too […]