The Reality of Jesus
The Sea of Galilee from Capernaum When we were sitting under the olive trees in Capernaum a couple of days ago, Rauf was talking of how Jesus was not the first Messiah claimant, he said there were eleven others, all killed by the Romans, all false prophets. That was...The Shabbat Elevator
“Don’t use the elevator on the left,” Rauf said, “You won’t like it because it goes to the top floor and stops at each floor on the way down for 30-40 seconds.” I didn’t know the purpose of that but didn’t say anything because it seemed like something I should know or...On the road to Damascus
The road to Damascus On the third day of our not-a-vacation pilgrimage, I find myself standing on the elevation of the foot of Mount Hermon, looking down into Syria. In the image at the top of the post, you see what I saw. Syria is to the left, and the border is...A Day in the Land of Canaan and on the Sea of Galilee
It seems that God does not want me to sleep. I have been up since 0230. Thinking. I don’t get up to write because I think I should try to sleep, so I keep trying, to sleep. I have three blank documents I’ve started: The Road to Damascus, The Reality of...
Mount of the Beatitudes
This site is the daily journal of a pilgrim on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, with his wife and thirty others, to walk in the steps of Jesus. It’s mostly serious, a quest for meaning, a quest for faith, a quest for certitude.
S Melarvie