The events of the Bible in the Promised Land are tied to that land. I know that sounds redundant, but it is actually an important point. The pattern of settlement, the choice of where to live and build, are tied to considerations of the land: where you can find water, what you can grow, where…
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…
Dorm Life
This is not an educational post, just an update on campus life at Jerusalem University College. The campus is just outside Jerusalem’s old city walls, with the old Protestant Cemetery at the back gate, right by Dormition Abbey and near St. Peter in Gallicantu. (See a map here, the school is not shown on the…
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…