New Video on John 21

Part 1





Part 2

Photos from Mount of Transfiguration

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623584126439/

I'm back

I've been to the Galilee for two weeks.  New posts soon.

Bethlehem Church of the Nativity

Floor Mosaics from the original fourth century basilica.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623469137381/

New Video on Gen 1:5

Video on Gen 1:4

New book on Theosis/Deification

N Russell, Fellow Workers With God: Orthodox Thinking on Theosis (2009), ISBN-10: 0881413399

New Photos

The Church of the Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount in Galilee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623423035007/

And the tombs at the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623442060149/

Video on Gen 1:3

Kabod/Glory of God as the light of Creation

New Palestinian Unrest

Sparked by Israeli plans to "renovate" shared holy sites of the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, Rachel's tomb, and proposed demolition of 100 Palestinian house in Silwan.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0301/Will-Israel-heritage-sites-spark-next-Palestinian-intifada

The unrest has recently spread to the Temple Mount reflecting fears of Israeli plans to sieze the Haram as well.

Photos of the Wilderness of Zin

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamblinofjerusalem/sets/72157623539551454/