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Sat, 04 May 2013 00:07 |
Mark L Messages: 851 Registered: October 2006 Location: Canada |
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Just get out there and do it.
Rick Steves a travel writer is in Israel right now. Just came from Egypt and is going to the west bank soon. I started travelling years ago and Rick was one of the big reasons why. He is very opinionated and not afraid to share his opinions either. He considers himself a Lutheran christian. Probably not in the way we think but where it concerns travel its close enough.
Here are two comments from his blog . . .
As a Christian, gazing out over the fabled Sea of Galilee and imagining Jesus walking on the water, I became more emotional than I had imagined I would be. Closing my eyes, I let the song of pilgrim groups singing in the distance, the sound of the little waves at my feet, and the breeze off the lake come together in a touching, personal moment.
For Israel, simply surviving is serious business. More and more Israeli Jews, along with people around the world who care about peace in the Middle East, think Israel would be wise to lighten up a bit. But when you travel there and hang out with the older generation, you appreciate why most of them take every threat to their nation extremely seriously and make their own rules for security without waiting for anyone else’s OK.
He is in Israel and is quite influential and I thought some of you may be interested in reading his comments.
http://blog.ricksteves.com/
In other news My bro and I and our respective spouses are flying to fabled Morocco tomorrow. Going to take the hippie trail to Marrekesh. I'm gong to make sure I get a pic of my wife up on a camel out in the Sahara. Then post it on Facebook.
I know its a muslim country. There are even some radicals there. There was probably some in Turkey as well. Its a country I've wanted to go to for a long time.
Without trying to anger anyone in my opinion the whole muslim menace issue is vastly overblown. I do think there is a problem between Islam and the west. I also know some of then here in the west work against us. My experience has been though that most of them just want the same thing we want. A decent life and a future for their kids.
I would be happy to discuss this but it will have to wait a couple of weeks.
My resolution at New Years was not to procrastinate any more. Obviously I'm not doing too good a job as the pics from the Turkey trip aren't even up on the photo blog yet. When I get home I'm going to get serious about it and put up pics.
You can read
"Meanderings on Scripture by Mark
https://mlederman.substack.com/
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