2012
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8 Things You May Not Have Known About Israel
1. Toilets in Israel have two levers. One for smaller duty flushes, and one for heavier duty flushes, I guess. And I thought America had too many options. 2. Israel has the fourth largest Air Force in the world, after the United States, Russia, and…
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Zeitgeist the Movie: Slick Propaganda
Zeitgeist the Movie is a conspiracy genre documentary made in 2007 which shows, among other things, that Jesus never existed (he was supposedly copied from archetypes found in ancient pagan religions), that 911 was an inside job by the US government, and that a group…
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Music Conference and Cow-Wowing
I’m still here… lost somewhere between “fine” and “dandy.” Last weekend I went to a two-day music concert showcasing 100+ Christian songs written by local Messianic Jews during the last two years. (try saying that sentence ten times in one breath) It was sponsored by…
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A Treatise on Baby Calves and their Tendencies
Today we received new baby calves. They are about 3 days old. One of them we got a few days ago was born too early and has problems with coordination (they all have problems with coordination, but this one has excessive problems). The good thing…
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Does God Intervene in Daily Life?
During the dead-locked Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787, Benjamin Franklin had this to say: "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: ‘that God governs in the affairs of men.’ And if a sparrow cannot fall to the…
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Tel-Aviv Beach
I was in Tel-Aviv December 30th. I walked along the Mediterranean beach down South to Jaffa. The Tel-Aviv beach is quite nice, so far my favorite “hang-out” spot in Israel. Here are a few pictures I took along the walk: (that sailboat out at Sea…
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Give Me Liberty… or… “We’ll Kill Ourselves” ??!
Masada is an ancient mountain fortress built by Herod the Great in the time before Christ. It’s located up on a high, isolated plateau in the Judean desert. Kind of like Israel’s version of Mancha Picchu (in Peru). For a quick history: During the Jewish…
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Not Enough Time (energy?) to Blog Correctly
Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My. Sorry for the dearth of content recently. It’s not because things aren’t happening, they are. So many things, yet not enough time to write them. I have a mental list going of things I want to write about (like…
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Neve Shalom-More Historic Than the White House?
I was told of a 2 day Bible conference being held in Neve Shalom this weekend. I’m planning on going, leaving tomorrow after work. Neve Shalom is a small community about 25km West of Jerusalem. Do you know where Neve Shalom is? Neither did I,…
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Differences
Pop cans here in Israel are made from thicker aluminum than I’m used to. This makes them heavier – this MEANS I always think there’s more pop in my can than there really is. I’m continually disappointed as I go for that laast sip and……