3 Caravaggio’s About St. Matthew It was a whirlwind day – right off the plane, 5 minutes in the hotel, and then down to San Luigi dei Francesi aka St. Louis of the French Church. There in one of the side Chapel’s paid for a French Cardinal by the name of Matthew Cantrelli, you find…
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Yom Kippur & Selichot
One of the most memorable times of my life was being in Jerusalem for Yom Kippur (you can read my post from 2017 here.) It is that time again, and I have been watching the camera feed from the Kotel (Western Wall) and longing to be back there, so I thought I would share a…
Sunday in Jerusalem
I’m afraid this is another non-educational entry, but I wanted to share my Sunday morning walk to church with you. After two days of rain, Sunday morning dawned clear and sunny. The air was clean and the city was coming to life (Sunday is the first day of the work week for Israel.) As…
Leaving on a Jet Plane
I will be boarding a flight in a couple of hours and heading to Israel to begin a Master’s Degree in Biblical Background at Jerusalem University College. Here is some information on the history of the College and the buildings from their website: Formerly known around the world as the Institute of Holy Land Studies,…
Lions (and tigers, and bears, oh my…)
This past summer, I took an early evening walk on the ranch land surrounding our house. It is a route that I have taken hundreds of times through stands of pines and aspens, huge boulders, and open meadows. I have walked it hundreds of times and seen deer, eagles, rabbits, coyotes, elk, bluebirds, marmots, and…