“Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” Ephesians 4:3  “Leave me alone! Leave me in peace!” we say, sometimes with little respect, when we are fed up and tired of putting up with a difficult person or situation. We somehow think that

Building castles takes a lot of energy. Middle age castles could take decades and hundreds of people to build. They were made to last for a very long time and to resist every kind of attack. Nevertheless, they were conquered and destroyed. They were fortresses and houses at the same

by Jeanne Hedrick Approaching the Temple Mount in Jerusalem today holds none of the visual splendor enjoyed by the pilgrims in Jesus’ day. We stood in line at the base of a long staircase coming out of the Jewish sector of the old city, waiting to be admitted at the

 by Jeanne Hedrick In October I traveled to Israel and got to see with my own eyes the places I’ve just read about in the Bible. When I experienced for myself the barrenness of the southern desert region I could understand better how hard it must have been for the