After Vespers yesterday afternoon, I walked around a bit and then headed back to the hostel. I said hello and chatted a bit with the new person at reception ‎and then crawled into my bunk to write up the afternoon’s excitement. Just as I […]

Arriving in Bethlehem, I fired off the last update, mainly because I was feeling guilty about the long silence. After convincing the small coterie of taxi drivers which gathered around that I really did not need a taxi today, I headed uphill towards the […]

The paucity of updates lately is due to the many interesting conversations I’ve had in the hostel the past few evenings. Instead of spending my time thinking and writing (both of which require solitude), I’ve been speaking with history students from China, a Messianic […]

Well, I didn’t make it to Bethlehem today as planned, but I did finally take the time to sort through the photos I’ve taken over the past two weeks and start uploading. To view them as I post them, please visit Flickr. I’ve arranged […]