by | May 6, 2017 | Pilgrimages
Day 6, May 6, 2017 After a full day of following in Jesus’ footsteps today, I don’t know how I can share this journey in any meaningful way. I only wish all of you reading this could feel what I’m feeling and experience what I’m experiencing. But let me try. We headed...
by | May 5, 2017 | Pilgrimages
Day 5, May 5, 2017 I’ve been to the mountaintop this morning and have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord! What a magnificent site overlooking the Judean Desert. Leaving Jerusalem, we arrived there in time for sunrise (Pic 1). You may remember that this is the...
by | May 4, 2017 | Pilgrimages
Day 4, May 4, 2017 We rose early this morning to get to two places that, by 9:00 AM, have endless lines. The first was the Western Wall, known by many of as the Wailing Wall. Usually there are people lined up halfway back. But as you can see (Pic 1), I was able to...
by | May 3, 2017 | Pilgrimages
Day 3, May 3, 2017 The entire day today has been dedicated to learning about and visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, also known as the Church of the Resurrection. It is reasonably well documented that this is the place where Jesus died and was buried....
by | May 2, 2017 | Pilgrimages
May 2, 2017 My fellow pilgrims met outside in the courtyard this morning. (Pic 1). We met our guide, Iyad, who is a local Christian Palestinian. Our morning and evening lectures and our day’s excursions were all in and about Palestine. I am only beginning to...
by | May 2, 2017 | Pilgrimages
Day 1, May 1, 2017 After a 15-hour flight from San Francisco, my husband and I landed in Tel Aviv in the wee hours of this morning. We are staying in St. George’s guest house for pilgrims in Jerusalem. (Pic 1). After a few hours’ sleep, we had breakfast, and headed...
by | May 1, 2017 | Strategy Team Notes
Here is a brief summary of the call this past Monday. Present on the call: Clyde Christofferson – United States Virginia Saldanha – United States Don Pribor – Mexico Ed Schreurs – The Netherlands Jean-Pierre Schmitz – France Peter Mbuchi...
by | Apr 25, 2017 | CCRI News
by J A Dick (Reproduced with permission) April 20, 2017 Reform-minded people need to change their conversation about church reform. Otherwise they end up either talking to themselves or simply repeating what everyone else has been saying for the past ten years....
by | Apr 24, 2017 | Strategy Team Notes
Present on this week’s call: Clyde (U.S.), Christina (New Zealand), Peter (Kenya), Don (Mexico), Jean-Pierre (France), Lula (Brazil), Liz (Kenya), Rachael (India), and Rene (U.S.) Summary of the outcomes of today’s meeting: Lula Ramires joined our call today and...
by | Apr 13, 2017 | Strategy Team Notes
Present on the Strategy Team call: Clyde (U.S.), Ed (Netherlands), Christina (New Zealand), Peter (Kenya), Don (Brazil), Kochurani (India), Paschal, tried to connect (Australia), and Rene (U.S.) and invited guest Liz Ngambi (Kenya). Present on the Young Adult call...
