

Lessons from the Sea of Galilee
View from our hotel in 2013. For our last visit to Israel, let’s go to the Sea of Galilee. Did you know that it is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth? It is also the only freshwater lake in Israel. Our guide predicted that, contrary to popular thinking, the next world war would be over water, not oil. Even if that’s not true, it highlights how important this lake is to Israel. The lake isn’t that large. It is only 15 miles long and 8 miles wide. Yet, so much of Jesus’ mini

Debbie Salter Goodwin
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A Lesson from Small Beginnings
Nazareth is our next stop. You recognize it immediately as where Jesus grew up. Although it is a little more than an hour’s drive on Hwy 90, 1200 years separate when the Dan tribe lived and when Jesus grew up! Talk about time travel! It’s all over Israel. You drive between the pages of history wherever you go. While there, I visited the Nazareth Village re-creation. It is a startling return to a much simpler lifestyle. Someone in costume led a donkey down the powdery li

Debbie Salter Goodwin
Oct 283 min read

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