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"BLESSED
IS THE ONE WHOSE STRENGTH IS IN THEE
WHOSE HEART IS SET ON PILGRIMAGE"
PSALM 84
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A pilgrimage to the
Holy Land is a journey of the
heart. It’s a walk in the Land of the Bible that holds the
roots of your faith. It’s a celebration of the
spirit in thanksgiving, prayer, song, and fellowship,
with sacred rites such as baptism, communion, a reading
of the Beatitudes, a sail on the stormy sea. It’s
a life-changing experience and guaranteed to impact
forever how you “see” the Bible, hear the stories
and “walk the talk.”
Anticipating a pilgrimage to
the Holy Land? Bible
References will help you locate major stories
pertinent to the sites you’ll be visiting. After
returning from the Holy Land, having studied Scripture
“on location,” you will be reading the Bible in color,
rather than in black and white.
Eager to read up
on the Biblical period? The
Booklist
recommends titles from my library of well-thumbed books
on the Holy Land. As a Connecticut-born Yankee
transplanted to King David’s court, and a pilgrims’
guide since 1978, I have been studying the Bible, the
land, and archeology for nearly three
decades.
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Interested in creative ways of visiting
well-known sites, as well as those lesser-known off-the
beaten-pathways? Then subscribe to my free bimonthly “Holy
Sites:
Gila's Highlights.”
This month's highlight is: "Let's witness
Herod's Final Journey at the Israel Museum."
The next highlight will be: "Let's reflect
where Jesus addressed the multitude."
Like to read profiles of notorious
celebrities or biographies of alpha achievers?
Holy Land Headliners
profiles personalities who have left their mark on the
Holy Land, including a femme fatale eyeing Jericho, a
bishop lost in the Wilderness of the Temptation, a
Connecticut Yankee who audaciously tackles Biblical
geography and a former terrorist who wins a Nobel Prize
for peace.
The "Slingshot that killed Goliath" is the best selling
item in
Gila’s
Gift Shop, which also offers CDs of Israeli folk
music, books on daily life during biblical days and the up-to-date Gila's Guide: Explore Jerusalem's Soul.
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COMING TO
JERUSALEM?
BOOK GILA for a customized private tour |
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Tips
for Tours gives you fun and practical ideas culled
from collaboration with hundreds of ministers, priests,
rabbis, teachers, professors, and facilitators I have
team-guided with over the years. If you are
considering leading a Holy Land Tour, then you may want
to check out "A to Z
for Holy Land Tour Leaders."
Songs & Praise provides
transliterated words for the Hebrew songs I teach on bus
rides and the blessing we recite upon seeing Jerusalem
for the first time.
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If you are concerned about
safety, check out how others like yourselves have
felt while touring with me in the Holy Land.
If you’d like to know how
others have experienced the Sea of Galilee, the
Garden of Gethsemane, healing at Capernaum, prayer at the
Western Wall or wandering the Wilderness of Zin, look at
Pilgrims
Talk.
Ask Gila
answers your questions about archeology, Armageddon, biblical
spices, the holy climate, excavations on the Temple
Mount, Judaism, Hebrew, the Dead Sea and even holy land spiders!
Finally,
About
Gila is an interview with yours truly, answering
questions asked, time and again, usually on that first
drive from the Ben-Gurion Airport.
Have fun
exploring these Holy Land resources and
contact me if if you’d like to
book me as your holy land guide. |
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Have YOU been there, done that? |
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Mount of Olives |
David versus Goliath |
Old City ramparts |
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Temple Mount tour with Gila |
Decapolis city: Hippos |
David's sling? |
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