This morning we are going to worship back at the same Baptist Church in Nazareth that we went to last Sunday morning. Not the original Nazareth Baptist Church, the Baptist Church with the Pastor who is nearly 90 years of age, but the break away Baptist Church that meets in the Baptist School right next […]

Today we are up bright and early after a really good night’s sleep at Villa Nazareth. After an excellent breakfast we take the short walk from Villa Nazareth to Mary’s Well to wait for the luxury 15 seater coach our group has been using to come and pick us up. Today we are going back […]

Today is another Ministry Day with Bishara, the Arab Christian from the college and the new Pastor of Yaffa Baptist Church. But first we have to move back to Villa Nazareth, the new, small, plush hotel in the centre of town by the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation. Well, someone has to! Another large […]

Today we are in college all day. We have morning and afternoon sessions with Lisa Loden, a prominent Messianic Jew, who is coming to share with us. This morning she is going to give us an overview of ‘The Messianic Movement in Israel’ and this afternoon she is going to talk to us about ‘Issues […]

I am sitting in the reception area of the hostel writing when Salim comes over (he has come to assume that I am the leader of our group for some reason) and introduces me to a complete stranger. The stranger doesn’t speak any English and my Arabic is limited to ‘good morning’ and ‘thank you’. […]

According to our Programme, today is a ministry day – any plans though in Arab culture are never more than a suggestion. Bashira is an Arab Christian studying at the college and the plan is for us to go with him on a prayer walk around some nearby Muslim villages talking to people and giving […]

Today we are at the Seminary all day for lectures. Julia and I are really looking forward to it. In the morning session Azar is talking to us about the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and the afternoon session Alex Miller is giving us an Introduction to Islam. This is primarily why we have come back to Israel […]

We are being taken to church today. We are all going to the Baptist Church in Nazareth. We are not going to the Baptist Church that meets on the ground floor of the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary. We are not going to Nazareth Baptist Church, the original Baptist Church planted by the Southern Baptists many […]

We are up bright and early. It is another gorgeous day and we are all going to Zippori National Park, an important historical site located in western lower Galilee. It contains some fascinating Roman ruins, some wonderful mosaic floors, a Roman theater, a fortress and church from the Crusader period, and was once a centre […]

We are awake early. It was not just the rubbish collectors making their usual racket right outside our window but the need to pack our luggage for our return to Saint Margaret’s Hostel this evening. We wonder if they will have implemented any of the changes that Julia suggested to Salim before we left for […]