A Guide to Jordan – and more
A Guide to Jordan – and more Our guide in Jordan, Emad, is a Jordanian of Bedouin descent and a Muslim. He is married to Josephine, a Filipina Catholic – for whom he asks our prayers as she faces some medical issues.
What is Pilgrimage? Part 2: Christian Critique
What is Pilgrimage? Part 2: Christian Critique Pilgrimage is not unique to Israel of course. To this day, pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in one’s lifetime (if possible) is one of the pillars of Islam. Other religions have analogous expectations or
What is Pilgrimage? Part 1: Israel's Experience
What is Pilgrimage? Part 1: Israel's Experience pilgrimage 1: a journey ... to a shrine or sacred place 2: the course of life on earth. This dual definition from Webster’s Dictionary immediately establishes the elusive nature of pilgrimage, especially for the
Apocrypha? Deuterocanonical?
Apocrypha? Deuterocanonical? Recently in church we have had some readings from the Book of Sirach, sometimes called Ecclesiasticus. It is in a part of the Bible called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanonical Books. Our bibles place these books between the Old and
