Snettisham hoard, Staffordshire hoard

Snettisham hoard, Staffordshire hoard

Have you ever seen people using their metal detector at the beach? Their hobby is looking for coins or other items of possible interest. I wouldn’t be interested in doing it here but if I lived in England, well now, that’s a whole other story. If I lived...

Hosea 2:15

“…she shall sing there as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt…” I remember those days, Lord, right after I was born again. I remember the sense of completeness, the feeling that I was finally...
Woad

Woad

Remember Mel Gibson in Braveheart? The battle scenes with the warriors and their blue painted faces? That blue paint or dye would have come from woad, a plant that has been used for about 2000 years to make a highly coveted blue dye. You start by picking the woad...
The Rose-Red City of Petra

The Rose-Red City of Petra

This is the pathway through the mountain that leads to the rose-red city of Petra in Jordan. Petra was the ancient city of a people called the Nabataeans. It’s a mysterious place that dates to 600 BC. The journey into Petra begins with a donkey ride down the...
You Can Never Get to the End of God.

You Can Never Get to the End of God.

In Psalm 139, Scripture tells us that you can never get to the end of God.   Where can I go from Your spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? If I ascend into heaven, You are there. If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the...
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