Happy, happy new year.....
So, I woke up on the first and coldest day of the new year to very little heat. Temperatures had gotten into the minuses overnight and the furnace would not go above 65. I didn't panic, I hunkered...
View ArticleCold, No I Can't Believe.....
This has been the longest cold spell I can remember since moving to Missouri in 1990ish. Two weeks continuously below zero. There has been snow on my roof since before Christmas. Snow. My furnace...
View ArticleBolg Jumpstart part 4
I still haven't figured out how to link to the blog jumpstart, but I can take the prompt and run with it.If I could have anyone living or dead over to dinner, who would I invite? There are so many...
View ArticleI Looked Over Jordan....
For my 60th year I wanted to take a pilgrimage to the Holyland. Things didn't work out and then they really didn't work out and I despaired that I would ever make that pilgrimage. But, last year when...
View ArticleLosing Things, Finding Things
Getting ready for the trip I have had a lot of things to find. Everything from spare car keys to hand sanitizer. Some of it I find readily, and some things elude me. So, I pray. I lean heavily on...
View ArticleNew Old Me
In sme ways I am a rock, a rock head, solid. In some ways I know right from wrong and up from down. I don't choose wrong, mostly. I struggle sometimes to figure out the right, but I seek help and I...
View ArticleLent
Lent begins on St Valentine's Day and ends (if you count Easter as the end, which it really isn't but humor me) on April Fools Day this year. I am not a spring holiday's person in terms of Valentines...
View ArticlePilgrimages
I have returned home from my pilgrimage to the Holy Land. I intend to retell the trip with pictures, but I am jet lagged and catching up on things, so I will check in here until I am ready to give the...
View ArticleWhat Would Jesus Do?
I have never really liked the slogan "What would Jesus do?" I mean, how am I supposed to know what Jesus would do? And how is that slogan relevant? But, lately I have had dealings with people who...
View ArticleThe Pilgrimage Begins
At around 60 years old I found myself seeing an oncologist and thinking my life had slipped away. I had sorrow and regret which surprised me because I would have said that I believed in celebrating...
View ArticleThe Pause
Sorry, I was all set to begin my Holy Land telling when I came down with the creeping crud. After 2 rounds of antibiotics I am feeling semi-better and hoping to begin the journey to Israel on the blog...
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Arriving in Israel
It took a couple of days of travel to get to Israel, time changes, layvers, pat downs in Frankfurt. I can't explain it. That is just the way it was. I left on a Tuesday morning, Jan. 12th, arrived...
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Tel Aviv
On January 13, 2018 our pilgrimage group arrived in Te Aviv. We loaded up on the bus with Maher our driver and Sonia our guide and drove into the the gathering gloom of winter rush hour in Tel Aviv....
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Caesarea Maritima
The book of Acts, Chapter 12 has especial meaning to me. My spiritual director read it to me during our first session. The chains dropped off Peter. There were parts of my life that made me relate...
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Heading North in Israel, Mount Carmel
We loaded up quickly after Caesarea Maritima and headed away from the sea. Our bus took us to Mt Carmel, the vineyard of God.Although it was January, winter, there were flowers blooming.Below is the...
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Megiddo, Nazareth
Looking from Tel Megiddo across the valley you see Nazareth up on that hill. I was surprised to see it so high up that hill since there was the beautiful valley below. Our guide told us that every...
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Galilee
So, as the sun was going down after the hospital stop, we headed to our hotel on the Sea of Galilee.This was my first view of the "sea." The Sea of Galilee is a lake, fresh water. Sometimes called...
View ArticleI Beg Your Pardon.....
So, where have I been? I have a good excuse, even a doctor's excuse, if you need one. I developed a macular hole which was diagnosed right after Christmas. I was really afraid that it might scuttle...
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Around Galilee, Sermon on the Mount
Sorry, sorry, sorry....there was eye surgery healing nicely) and Easter and some stuff with my mom....but I think I am back. I will aim to finish up the Holyland one of these days.Nobody walked on...
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Capernum and Lunch
I most wanted to see Capernum in the Holyland. I can't even really fully explain why. I wanted to see where Peter was from. I wanted to see the place Jesus made as home base. And for some reason...
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