Israel says it is holding peace talks with Syria – Yahoo! News JERUSALEM – Israel and Syria on Wednesday said they were holding indirect peace talks through Turkish mediators — the first official confirmation of contacts between the longtime enemies. In statements issued minutes apart, the two governments said they “have declared their intent to […]
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It’s almost 2:30 a.m. here in the US, but my is totally confused by where I am. Just a day or so ago, it would be out looking and searching for some exotic site in Israel with thoughts starting to drift toward lunch. Now I am sitting in my home office at 2:30 a.m., trying […]
I find myself today in the internet cafe at the Notre Dame Guest House just outside the New Gate in Jerusalem. We began the day on the Mt. of Olives, walked to Gethsemane, and saw so many sites that I am on overload. On our way down the hill, we stopped in a church that […]
Yesterday, on our “sabbath day” during this pilgrimage, six of us went together and took a cab into the city of Tiberias. Located on the coast of the Sea of Galilee, Tiberias is an important city in Israel, having first been a center of Roman activity and then becoming a holy sight in Israel coinciding […]
I don’t have much time to write other than to say that we are leaving paradise today to travel to Jerusalem. Hopefully I will have time tonight to share about Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Today was another great day here on the Sea of Galilee. Here are a couple of random thoughts about the trip so far: 1) The best places for me so far are the chances we have gotten to get away from the touristy “sacred” sites and out into the real world. Today we got to […]
When I think about traveling to the Holy Land the image that usually comes to mind involves dirt and rocks, with the dominant color being tan. That is not at all what it’s like around the Sea of Galilee in Tagbha. I told someone earlier today that I didn’t realize that I was traveling to […]
One of the things about coming to this place is that we are so familiar with the stories of faith that we think we have some sense of what the place will be like. For those of us who have gone deeper in our biblical education, we have studied maps, seen pictures of the surroundings, […]
I’m sitting on the patio here at Pilgerhaus watching the wild parrots fly by, listening to the wind blow off the Sea of Galilee, and trying to tune out the theological argument at the next table. The winds are strong this afternoon, which feels great but I could imagine are a bit fearful when you […]
I don’t want to hog the lobby computer but I did want to make a quick post saying hi from Tagbha, Israel. I think I have just figured out how to blog via the Palm so hopefully I can write more later, but until then I will simply say that we’re having a great time […]
My last posted listed a website where we are holding court on Tony Jones’ “The Sacred Way.” Unfortunately the url was missing a few characters and folks have been visiting someone else. The real url is http://thesacredway.wordpress.com. Sorry for the confusion.
I have spent the past 24 hours or so updating the template at The MethoBlog. Most of the changes are cosmetic, but the addition of some new block areas are allowing me to add a “blog of the week section” and feature the latest UM news. Check it out.
But as I was doing research for the sermon tonight, this is what came up on ASK.com in the sponsored results when I searched on “Death of a Child”: I know that these searches are automated, and that both Amazon and Target are fairly ubiquitous in the their online presence, but I think their ad […]
I love Take 6, so y’all enjoy.
A gift for you this Christmas morning.
Well since I’m offering tributes, I might well mention Dan as well. He died a couple of weeks ago, but this song is fitting for the season.
I just learned that Oscar Peterson died at age 82. I once had the opportunity to see Oscar live and he was always impressive. Although he had the fastest fingers in jazz, it seems fitting to remember him playing the blues with the Count.
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