Posts Tagged: Bethlehem

Peace in the Neighborhood

Even though it happens every year, I cannot get used to it. Just when the day begins, the day seems to be over. I don’t know if it’s more correct to say that less light fills the day, or that the darkness seems to be growing. I guess it depends on your perspective. When the… Read more »

Holy Land: Day Four

…and the walls came a tumblin’ down…never to be built again. Today we traveled to Jericho in a Palestinian controlled area, the West Bank.  Several soldiers met our driver at a checkpoint and asked who we were.  Quickly they raised the blockade and we went on our way (by the way, this checkpoint was nothing… Read more »