The River Jordan, Jericho and Camels
I wanted to post a couple of short videos. The first occurred at the end of the ninth day. Our last stop was at a bazaar to shop for souvenirs, and as luck would have it within the lot we found a camel. The second video was a day spent in the West Bank, including the...Church of the Pater Noster
On the eight day we visited the church of the Pater Noster, which is Latin for “Our Father.” This site is associated with the teaching of the disciples by Jesus and specifically, the teaching of the Lord’s Prayer. This was also the day we visited the...The Shepherd’s Fields and Hervy Hodges
I am posting quick video from the airport, having made three on the flight back from Tel Aviv. I know that once I get back I will be busy and am fairly frantic to record as many thoughts as I can on a trip so meaningful as...The Eighth Day: Agony in the Garden
The Church of the Nativity that holds the birthplace of Jesus, the caves of Joseph, and later, St. Jerome, who transcribed the Word of God from a dying Greek language to Latin over the course of twenty years; the Rock of Ascension on the Mount of Olives; the Church of...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...
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