Exploring the good news of the kingdom of God
We spent the morning on a boat cruising up the Bosphorus, taking in the sites from a different angle. We went north as far Rumeli Hisari (Castle), which Mehmed II built in 1452 to control of the traffic on the Bosphorus and prepare his army to lay siege to Constantinople the following year. Rumeli Hisari … Continue reading “Byzantine Travel Journal: Day 5 (Istanbul)”
Well we’ve come to the end of the year and it’s time to look back on the top GSB posts of 2011. The criteria is sheer numbers: the most popular posts are those who received the most clicks to view. What’s interesting is that I would not necessarily have chosen these ten as the best, … Continue reading “Top 10 GSB Posts of 2011”
Three years ago our good friend Ji Yun of Tirosh Expeditions asked me and my wife to consider taking a trip to Israel with a group he was organizing. I told Ji we would pray about it, but everything in me said, “No.” My wife and I had never had a desire to go to … Continue reading “A Thought On Prayer”
I try to read at least 50 books per year. That may seem like a lot, but I’ve read that Teddy Roosevelt read 250 books per year, which makes me feel pretty lame since I’m sure he was pretty busy being President and all. I read because I want to be better at my job, … Continue reading “What I’m Reading (July 9, 2012)”
This morning we left for a study tour in Israel. A tour is different than a vacation. On a tour the focus is on experiencing the geography, culture or history of a place to expand one’s knowledge of the world. In times past, it was considered the final step of a complete education of the … Continue reading “How To Pack For A Study Tour”