Now THAT is Christmas!

Friends, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, and I pray the celebration of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, impacted you in a special way this year. Since our tour to Israel in November, the Lord has given me such a heart for pastors who minister in Israel. Arab, Palestinian and Messianic pastors …

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Finding Nehemiah’s Wall

Part of our tour group relaxing near Nehemiah's Wall Hi friends! I still have Israel on my mind, so when I saw the following article I was transported in my mind right back to our recent trip to Israel where, one sunny afternoon, we sat right in front of Nehemiah's Wall! There, we read the …

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Tour Rewind: Epilogue

I pray you were blessed by the tour rewind! Now, I hope you will bear with me as I share some personal thoughts. Words cannot describe the joy of hosting the 30 people pictured above on the trip of a lifetime! A year ago when I began planning the trip, my goal was to put …

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Tour Rewind: The In Between

That's a weird title, so let me explain. It is difficult to put into words how vividly your Bible comes to life as you gaze upon the very places from where Scripture was written. For example, how vividly we can imagine being "face-to-face" with Golgotha when we stand at the foot of that hill where …

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