Greetings from the Holy Land. It has been a long day, but 90 of us from the church arrived at last in Tel Aviv. After an 13 hour flight & a 2 hour bus ride, we are finally in Tiberias, Israel. What a place. We passed by Nazareth & Mt. Tabor along the way. Nothing good ever comes from Nazareth except, oh yeah - Jesus! It was pretty dark, but we'll see more tomorrow. Everyone is pretty tired from the journey. Hard to believe you can be half-way around the world in just under a day. To be at the epicenter of Christian history and archaeology is overwhelming. The sense of spirituality is profound.

Our hotel is right on the banks of the Sea of Galilee. Are you kidding me? The very location of so much of Jesus' ministry. Tomorrow we will be at sea for awhile on a boat. We'll also be stopping in Cana for a look at the place of Jesus' first miracle. I have had many couples ask me if they could renew their wedding vows at the site. Pretty amazing.

We'll also be going to Capernaum & the Mount of the Beatitudes. I'm not sure I'll try to out preach Christ at the Mount, but I look forward to standing in awe of the place of the greatest sermon ever.

Thanks for checking in. This whole blog thing is new to Cornerstone. I'm looking forward to sharing as much of this trip with you as I can. I'll be making entries all along the way.

Keep us in your prayers. Blessings to all of you back in Dallas.

Paul