pilgrimage & retreat
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The New Holy Land
November 18, 2016. I’m standing just inside the glass doors of Newark airport, travel-weary, clutching my suitcase. Outside is the grit of New Jersey, the seemingly endless blast of horns and ungodly shouting for no reason at all. I’m obviously no longer in Israel. There will be no more fresh hummus with every meal, no… Continue reading
And they said to him, “Inquire of God, we pray thee, that we may know whether the journey on which we are setting out will succeed.”
And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
—Judges 18:5–6