We began our day on Tuesday, November 11 in Haifa, Carmel and Megiddo before moving on to Nazareth. Jesus grew up in Nazareth and, interestingly, it is predominately Arab today, but one of the largest Christian populations in Israel. The Nazareth Village is a recreated village that replicates what it might have looked like in …
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I love going to the Galilee area in Israel, opening my Bible, and watching the Gospels literally come to life. It is impossible not to be changed when, suddenly, Jesus' miracles around the shores of the Sea of Galilee become incredibly vivid. Over 2/3 of Jesus' ministry took place in a relatively small area around …
Happy Sunday, friends! The Sea of Galilee is an amazing place. It can be the most peaceful body of water one moment, and suddenly it becomes a raging sea! Well...actually a raging lake! (It is not a sea, though it is called that!) Mark 4:35-41 recounts the narrative of Jesus sleeping in a small fishing …
The Galilee is a special place. During every trip to Israel a tinge of sadness arises as we leave there. So, we lingered for a while before waving goodbye to the region in which Jesus spent over 75% of His ministry. Boker tov (good morning) from the Sea of Galilee The Thursday morning dawn broke …
