March 5, 2005

  • A remarkable twenty-two hours! I had no trouble getting to the retreat site and it was a wonderful program. I am very blessed that my senior pastor is a marvelous story-teller and really makes the personages from the Old Testament and New Testament come alive. We stayed in the Old Testament, examing the two creation stories from Genesis Chapter 1, and from Chapter 2 beginning with verse 4, noting their similarities and differences. Pastor John is a well-read bibilical scholar who has made many trips to the Middle East and knows whereof he speaks. We also looked at Abraham and Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers, Moses and Joshua - all in the space of four sessions. Really interesting material!! Now I discovered that our church is going to be sponsoring a trip to Israel next March. This will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Ginny and I are very seriously thinking about going.  That would be very exciting! We'll see.