Jerusalem and Bethlehem today. Spent the morning on the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. Then on to Hezekiah's Tunnell where we waded through a water tunnel 2 feet deep of water. The afternoon it was to Bethlehem to see the Church of the Nativity, Manger Square and the Shepherd's Fields. There is most certainly a spiritual energy that surrounds the Western Wall. Religion at a fevered pitch. In the Holy Land, for better and for worse, it matters what you believe, It involves life and death and conflict. It can be explosive.
The circles I run in tend to spend a lot of time trying to seek common ground and resist conflict. But sometimes to the end that the content of one's belief is inconsequential to the conversation. Relationships turn innocuous.
What matters about what you believe and is it worth potential unrest?
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About Me
- Stephen D. McConnell
- Sarasota, Florida
- I serve as Senior Pastor of Church of the Palms in Sarasota, Florida. I received my Doctor of Letters from the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University. Author of "Take Me to Aslan: C.S. Lewis and the Art of Trusting" and "When the Wind is Against You: Encouragement for When Life Pushes Back" available at Amazom and Kindle.
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