With Yeshua at Sukkot
Hosted by Dr. George Koch | October 13 – 25, 2016
Schedule | Journal | Videos | Photos
A record of our most recent trip to Israel. We'll post on the website when the next one is scheduled.
Read our journal.
En Gedi | 10.23
We are in En Gedi, just opposite the Dead Sea. This is a desert wadi (called Wadi David) surround by hills with caves. Read more…
Masada | 10.23
Masada is one of those remarkable places in Israel which you must visit, but which is both amazing and unsettling. It was built as a summer palace for Herod the Great and had a large Roman garrison there for protection. It is on a high hill at the southern end of the Dead Sea. Read more…
Less But Better | 10.17
We arrived in Israel for a couple of weeks to celebrate Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, with our Jewish friends. Sukkot means covering—perhaps a shack, tent, or the more eternal Glory that shimmers over us. Read more…
Jordan River | 10.16
Sunday morning we traveled from the Sea of Galilee to Jerusalem. Our first stop was a brief one at the River Jordan, at a site long inaccessible to tourists because it was a military compound. Read more…
Aroma | 10.15
After a long, exciting and exhausting day, we made our way back for our second night at Maagan Holiday Village on the Sea of Galilee. Read more…
Mount Bental | 10.15
We also went to Mt Bental, a high ridge that overlooks Syria, and is the site of a fierce battle when Syria invaded there with 1500 tanks and 1000 pieces of artillery during the Yom Kippur war in 1973. Read more…
Druze Village | 10.15
The Druze are a small - four villages - minority in Israel, usually considered Muslim but actually with a unique religion of their own whose central tenets are little understood outside of their community. Read more…
Jerusalem | 10.18 & 10.20
A talk by David Pileggi, rector of Christ Church, Jerusalem, to our small tour group. Read more…
Dan | 10.15
The Dan Nature Reserve is one of the most robust sites we’ve visited. It is at the top of Israel, and you can look into Lebanon from it. This is a buffer zone between Israel and Lebanon. Read more…
Caesarea Philippi | 10.15
We also visited Caesarea Philippi. It is where Peter proclaimed that Jesus is the Messiah, and where Jesus said that “on this rock I will build my kingdom and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.” Read more…
Chorazin and Katzrin | 10.15
We visited the ancient village of Chorazin, a talmudic village (perhaps 400 years after Jesus) and saw the way they lived, the synagogue in the center of the community - not just a place of worship but the community center as well. Read more…
Capernaum | 10.14
After the Sea of Galilee we went to Capernaum, where Jesus lived during most of his ministry, and also the site of Peter’s home. Read more…
Galilee | 10.14
After Zippori we went to Kibbutz Ginosar on the Sea of Galilee. There is a fishing boat from the time of Jesus on display there, which was discovered in the mud of the sea several years ago. Read more…
Zippori | 10.14
We hopped this bus in Netanya, just north of Tel Aviv, to begin our journey with Kira, our guide. Read more…
First Day in Israel | 10.13
Twenty of us are going on this trip to Israel, and you are invited to come along though our pictures, videos and writings, right here. Read more…
In Transit
Our connection was a giant hike, a train, and another giant hike. The airport is about the size of Naperville! Read more...
Watch our videos on Facebook!
6th Century Synagogue in Katzrin
Christ's Church: Celebrating Sukkot
Rebecca reads Is 61 from Chorazin Synagogue
Photo Gallery
Check our blog posts and Facebook album for even more photos!