Israel Flashback #10
The following is my final journal entry regarding my trip in Israel. While the journal concludes, the trip has marked me and changed me forever. Dated 27 May 2010 I have 3 days of reflection papers to write. Oh brother. -- We did a lot on Tuesday. Part of the reason was that we had a flat tire, or two, on Monday and it took time to repair them. Therefore, we had to cram Arbel into Tuesday's schedule. I enjoyed visiting Kursi and Bethsaida. Basalt rock is common in this area of the Galilee region, and it is a different change to see buildings made out of black basalt as opposed to lighter limestones. You use what you have. I enjoyed Capernaum as well. The synagogue there was beautiful. Even though basalt was used in many places, they imported marble or limestone (I forget which) to build the synagogue. When I read Jesus' accounts in the Gospels, I think of space and time differently than what it must have been. I have realized how much of my culture I have read into the Bib...