Tenting on Tabor
As the train came to a halt, we caught our first glimpse of Tabor. After following the coast past Tel Aviv and Caesarea, we changed...
Mosque & Synagogue Under One Roof
Today’s journey took us to a touchstone common to all three Abrahamic religions: Hebron. There lay the Oak of Mamre, where the three...
Hike to a Monastery in a Cliff
On Sunday we drove down from Jerusalem into the Judean Desert. As we dropped below sea level, the landscape around us gradually...
Pentecost Vigil: Jewish and Catholic
This year, Jewish Pentecost (Shavuot) fell on the same day as our Christian Pentecost. Going back and forth between Catholic and Jewish...
Lightning Strikes Emmaus
Dear friends, Shalom from Emmaus, Israel! My love and prayers! (My regrets if you receive this a second time, as I figure out these wix...
Holy Week in Jerusalem
Merry Christmas from the Emmaus Immersion team! Our time in the Holy Land wouldn’t be complete without an experience of Holy Week in...
A Day with a Jewish Family
Our time here has blessed us with so many amazing encounters and budding relationships with Jewish families who call the Holy Land their...
Along the Mediterranean
Most of the holy sites we’ve visited look radically different from how they did during the time of Jesus and the apostles. However,...
Daily Work at Emmaus
So far we've blogged a lot about our experiences on the road. Our program, however, is made up of both travels as well as life at "home,"...
Tombs of the Patriarchs and St. Mariam
As Christians, we are blessed to have so many places here in the Holy Land that help us to form a more concrete experience of Sacred...
