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One of the many things that touched my heart both when I purchased it in Israel and in the time that has passed since my trips to Israel is a silver hand pointing the way on the end of a short silver rod. My daughter and I were shopping in a tiny, little shop in the Old City (Jerusalem) called The Silver Pointer. Esther is the wonderful lady who owns the shop. I didn’t know

This picture from Unsplash.com portrays how I feel as I research. Work continues on my book, Jesus Gets Hand-Me-Downs. So today, I’m sharing the plan for this “book.” Jesus Gets Hand-Me-Downs has become too long for a book aimed at young readers. Therefore, I’m reinventing the chapters and making them small books that are easy to hold and within the attention span of younger readers while it is interesting to older readers. I’m planning on

This month rather than post a recipe for the food I loved inIsrael, I chose to post a fun memory about food. Now, I’m fairly sure this isnot traditional Israeli food, but thanks to my grandsons, I’ll always connectit to Israel. When our oldest grandson was thirteen, we took him on a trip to Israel. Hequickly made friends with another thirteen-year-old boy on the trip. When they went downstairs to breakfast at the hotel the

One of my favorite things about travel in Israel is how it increases my understanding of the Bible, God’s Word. While in Caesarea, our guide taught us about the custom of cutting the hands and heads off statues belonging to a conquered people to symbolize “our god is bigger and stronger than your god.” Statues in Caesarea That evening, I read 1 Samuel 5 about what happened when the Philistines captured the ark of the

Grafted In Symbol During one tour, we peeked through a locked grate to see a little bit of the catacombs below Jerusalem. A few hard-to-see symbols were on the wall. When we asked why this entrance was locked, we were told there were a lot of symbols in this portion of the catacombs. Neither the Catholic Church (which owns a lot of property in Jerusalem) or the Jewish authorities wanted to see these symbols. This