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Well, after I shared that I am a rebel, now I am returning to the Tradition. Today, Maundy Thursday, we read the story of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples. In Matthew, Mark, and Luke, this is a Passover meal that Jesus shares with his disciples in an upper room inside the city of Jerusalem. I have . . . → Read More: Maundy Thursday: Passover Revisited  If you know me, you know I have a slightly rebellious streak; I don’t like doing things the way that everyone has always done them or the way that everyone does them now. (Which is funny because I LOVE Tradition with a big “T”…the ancient Church tradition, not the little “t” traditions of our small time . . . → Read More: Wednesday: The Least I learned something last year during Lent that is really very simple: during the last week of his life before death and resurrection, Jesus spent the majority of his time teaching at the temple. It was fascinating to realize that I had overlooked this for all of the years that I have been a Jesus follower, . . . → Read More: Tuesday: Teaching in the Temple In just a few minutes, I will be on my way to a Passover seder. What an amazing way to spend the Monday of Holy Week! Words cannot describe how blessed I feel to be receiving the hospitality of the Springer family, who have invited me to join their holy meal for the third year in a . . . → Read More: Monday: Passover Begins Well friends, it is our last day in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord, the sun is out! (Or in Hebrew, Hallelujah!) I know that I have not written yet about many important things…Bethlehem for one. After I return home, I hope to continue posting about my experiences here and the reflections that I have upon being in . . . → Read More: Last day in Jerusalem Monday was our first day in the Old City of Jerusalem. I am a city girl, and I have been looking forward to Jerusalem for the whole trip. In fact, it has felt like a tease to be in Jerusalem for several days without having the opportunity to go to the Old City. Obviously, it is called . . . → Read More: The Old City of Jerusalem Jesus begins a parable with these words, “There was a man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.” (Luke 10) Today I saw the context of this parable. We went down (literally down) from Jerusalem to Jericho, down a windy, rocky, desolated road. I don’t know what the roads were like in Jesus’ day, but I . . . → Read More: Jericho & Qumran It has been a blessing to spend our first few days in the Galilee, where Jesus spent 85% of his ministry. It’s interesting, because Jerusalem has such a prominent place in my mind when I think of the Holy Land, but really the majority of Jesus’ life occurred in the country, in small towns and villages, . . . → Read More: Galilee “I was glad when they said to me, let us go to the house of the LORD!” Psalm 122 Shalom from Israel, from Tiberias, beside the Sea of Galilee. at least, I think we are beside the sea of Galilee…it is too dark to tell. It’s 9:00 pm here, 7 hours ahead of VA time. We had safe flights and arrived on schedule at 2:40 pm this afternoon. It has been a long two days . . . → Read More: Arrival in Israel |
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