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The Garden Tomb – “Peace be still!”
I’ve been blessed to be inside Jerusalem’s Garden Tomb several times. I’ve seen the extra space hollowed out to accommodate a man of taller than average height. Stillness and darkness ruled in that place for three days while guards stood … Continue reading
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A Special Light
I’m not writing about Israel today, but I hope you’ll see the connection. Teaching in a small Christian college brought many special dividends. Students came from around the world and lived in our homes instead of in dorms. Sometimes their … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Kells, Iona, Ireland, Scotland, St. Columba, Things we can't esplain
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The God Who Helps
As told in A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel, my travel memoir of nine great trips there over forty years, I’ve had several unexplained experiences of divine help. Both times, the young woman with me and I were going to … Continue reading
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The Dead Sea Scrolls, God’s preserved Word
As we celebrate Independence Day in the United States, let’s also thank the Lord for the proof of His unchanging word preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls. You probably know the story. In 1946, Bedouin boys searched for a lost … Continue reading
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Welcome to my land . . .
As shared in my fun, helpful memoir/travelogue, A Traveling Grandma’s Guide to Israel: Adventures, Wit, and Wisdom, there’s a wonderful, little-known network of Christian believers in Israel (if you can find them) that helps travelers know where to go, who … Continue reading
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Tagged Beatitudes, Graciousness, Hospitality, Israel, Sea of Galilee, Tours, Welcome!
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Powerful Keys
I don’t know when or where I learned to value keys or who explained the concept to me (probably one of my grandparents). I was young and whatever they said made me want them. I soon had a collection from … Continue reading
White donkeys for royalty
A white donkey on the Mount of Olives. A white royal donkey is often staked opposite the grove of ancient olive trees that is the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of Olives. They are called creams, have blue eyes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Easter, Hosanna! Welcome!, Palm Sunday, royalty, White Donkeys
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And God sent a Great Fish
Jonah 1:17 “1Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. I took this photo of the “Great Fish” statue in Joppa, Israel, just steps … Continue reading
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“Behold, the lion of the tribe of Judah…”
Revelation 5:5 – “…And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.” In Bible times, … Continue reading
The Steady, Plodding Donkey by Delores Topliff
I’m writing about donkeys today, seen frequently all over Israel—entering Jerusalem’s Old City gates and/or traveling networks of roads and trails everywhere—quiet, unassuming, but getting work done. In scripture, a donkey saved the prophet Balaam from the angel messenger’s sword … Continue reading
Camels help us cross deserts.
It’s not easy, riding the unlovable/lovable ungainly beasts. I’ve had college students write about camels traveling desserts (sic), which still makes me laugh. It takes concentration riding camels because we’re continually pitched from one direction to the other and in … Continue reading
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Safe Rooms and Bomb Shelters – Where will you Abide?
The photo above is the safe room and bomb shelter at Kalia Kibbutz with its date plantation and gardens bordering the Dead Sea next to Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. One of the most meaningful lessons I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged attacks, Bomb Shelters, Israel, Missiles, Psalm 91, Safe Rooms, Vicki Hinze
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Israel, A World of Firsts – Delores Topliff
For me, my first trip to Israel was an amazing assortment of first-time discoveries. I kept finding myself in settings that were 3-D living reenactments of Bible scenes, from shepherds striding in front of their flocks of sheep, to camel … Continue reading
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Multiplied Bread
I was an volunteer Bible College teacher with little income. Cindy, my traveling companion, had an accounting job with reliable income. It complicated our travels that we reached Tiberias on Thursday evening before Friday Sabbath/Shabbat. To stretch funds but enjoy … Continue reading
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