Happy Palm Sunday!

In the midst of worldly turmoil, we kick off Passion Week today and set our sights on the most significant event of the year for Christians: Resurrection Sunday.  But that is next Sunday.  Passion Week begins today with Palm Sunday. As was Jesus’s custom, he traveled from the Galilee area (where the vast majority of …

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More Winter Storms in Israel

Israel has been hammered with significant storms this winter.  Another large snowstorm hit Israel on Thursday night, leaving snow as far south as Be'er Sheva, a city that has not seen snow in about 20 years.  Ten inches fell in Jerusalem.  Following are some pictures of various places in Israel.

Epic Storms Hit the Middle East

Hello friends...and welcome back! This past week, the Middle East has been pounded by what many news sources are calling "epic" storms.  A gigantic dust storm covered places such as Cairo Egypt, Ankara Turkey, Amman Jordan, and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Israel as a result of a cyclone that blew out of the African Atlas …

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Terror Continues to Brew In Israel; Iranian Nuclear Deal Inching Forward

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you. May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek …

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