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Bread is a common food in every culture I can think of. One of my favorite breads from Israel is Challah Bread. Challah is a brioche-type bread made with eggs. It is sweetened with honey and uses oil instead of the butter used in brioche. If you search for recipes, you can find many of them. And I’m sure, at least from the bakers I know, there are lots of variations of each one. I

Last year, 2021, celebrated 75 years since the three bedouin cousins who were searching for a missing goat discovered ancient scrolls in a cave. These are known as the Dead Sea Scrolls. I looked up and used my camera to get a picture of the entrance to one of the caves where scrolls have been found over the years. Visitors are not allowed close to the caves. The windblown paths are too delicate to allow

For a few weeks, I’m going to put off writing about items to purchase in Israel on the fourth Friday of the month. Not only are there a limited number of items to write about, but there is something more immediate in my life. I’m getting ready for the Colorado Christian Writers Conference May 11-14, 2022. We usually meet at Estes Park, Colorado YMCA. However, this year will be virtual. I know you might be

Last week in this blog, I mentioned I’m leading a Bible Study called “Write His Answer.” I also mentioned I’m thinking about expanding that study to Zoom as well the in-person students. I do have the study formatted so a person can jump in at any point in the study So, I’d like you to help me. Should I add Zoom members to the present study members?

When I started this “Impressions of Israel” set of blogs on September 3, 2021, I shared my fear of embarrassment when I first arrived in Israel in 2008. This blog is a continuation of that story. After I got off the plane, I was comfortable and enjoyed what we were seeing and where we are going. This particular day, we were walking through the Old City of Jerusalem to visit a community on the other