by Susan Barnes | 28 Jul 2019 | My happenings
My husband and I have recently returned from a month’s holiday. It was our 40th wedding anniversary earlier this year and we decided to celebrate by going on a river cruise, from Budapest to Amsterdam. This week my blog posts will be about our trip. On the...
by Susan Barnes | 4 Jun 2019 | My happenings
My Mum passed away two weeks ago and this is the tribute I shared at her memorial service. People of my Mum’s generation faced many hardships and it’s a reminder that we are fortunate to have so many opportunities available to us today. I think the word...
by Susan Barnes | 12 Jan 2015 | My happenings
Day 13 Today we spent the day visiting the towns around the north western side of the Sea of Galilee where Biblical events happened. We started the day with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee from Tiberias to Ginosar. The ‘Sea’ is quite large and would be...
by Susan Barnes | 5 Jan 2015 | My happenings
Day 11First up today we went to the mount in Nazareth where they tried to throw Jesus off (Luke 4:29). Whether it was the actual site is debatable but there was a great view! In Jesus’ time Nazareth was only a small village of maybe 400-800 people. We visited a...
by Susan Barnes | 29 Dec 2014 | My happenings
Day 9 Brief history of the Temple Mount (visited yesterday and today): Abraham came here (Mount Moriah) to sacrifice his son Isaac. Solomon built the Temple on this land which his father King David purchased from Aravnah, the Jebusite. That Temple, destroyed by the...
by Susan Barnes | 22 Dec 2014 | My happenings
Day 7 Today we went to the temple mount. Given that it was closed a couple of weeks ago it was great to be there despite the fact that it was raining. The Temple Mount is a large area. It is dominated by the Dome of the Rock but there is much space around it and much...
by Susan Barnes | 15 Dec 2014 | My happenings
Day 5 This morning we visited three museums. First the Israeli Museum which had an enormous model of the Old City which was very helpful in understanding where things were in Jesus’ time. Second the Shrine of the Book where they keep the Dead Sea Scrolls. The...
by Susan Barnes | 8 Dec 2014 | My happenings
Day 3 Today we travelled to Tel Arad where there is an archaeological site with six levels of settlement dating from the period of the Judean Kingdom – 900 to 600 BC. The fortress area contained a temple with a Holy of Holies which is surprising since the only Holy of...
