There’s a Biblical phrase – ‘from Dan to Beer Sheva’ – that is used many times in the ancient scriptures, and perhaps defines in some way the parameters of the ‘Promised Land’. I’ll leave the scholars to argue about the true meaning of the phrase, but in March, the week after Margaret and I accompanied [...]
Archive for March, 2010
From Dan to Beer Sheva
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged dog, Garden of Eden, Minister, river, St Andrew's, Tel Dan, Tiberias, walk on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cultural Contrasts
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged AJEEC, Bedouin, Church of Scotland, Colin Johnston, Guild, Israel, Negev, Palestine, Rabbis for Human Rights, Sderot on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Bedouin Village Margaret, Colin Johnston and I took the opportunity to join the Guild visitors, over for their fact-finding visit, on a trip to a Bedouin village in the Negev desert, located about thirty minutes past Be’er Sheva, and only 30 Kilometers from the Sinai. Our visit finished at the Community leadership Project at Sderot College [...]
Guild project visit
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged Bethlehem, Daheisha Refugee Camp, Guild, Israel, Jayyous, Palestine, Scot's Hotel, sea, St Andrew’s Guesthouse on March 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A group of 25 people on a 12-day tour, led by Clarence and Joan Musgrave, arrived here on 15 February. The tour included visits to many ‘holy sites’ as well as a fact-finding trip to provide first hand information about three projects for members of the Guild. The projects – one Christian, one Muslim and [...]
