Palestinian Christians

Palestinian Christians

Recently I spent three weeks in the Middle East on a study tour titled Ancient Stories, Current Struggles: Engaging the Lands of the Bible.  Beginning in Cairo, Egypt, we traveled to Luxor, through the Sinai, into Jordan to visit the partially-excavated city of Petra, then to Bethlehem, north through the Galilee, and ended in Jerusalem.  Throughout the tour we combined visits to ancient archeological sites and holy shrines with meetings and discussions with those who were able to give us varying perspectives on the current reality in their countries.

Over the next few months I intend to report on a number of those meetings.  I’m also preparing photo essays depicting our days of travel and posting them on my Facebook page.  Links to the photos can be found in the post titled Travels in the Holy Lands.