It is commonly asserted that we should keep politics out of the pulpit, but what most people mean by that is that we shouldn’t endorse a specific candidate — and who’s kidding whom on that one? Or that we shouldn’t endorse a party from the pulpit — and who’s kidding whom on that one? But [...]

This is what it looked like about 6am on the Sea of Galilee from our hotel. The range under the sun is the Golan Heights, what in Jesus’ day would have been the Decapolis.

Kris and I have been in Israel for two weeks; we’ve only been online 1 hour every other day, so no Weekly Meanderings today. But.. .. we promise some good pictures in the future! Added (by rjs) while awaiting the good pictures from Scot and Kris. The picture to the right is from my sabbatical [...]