Join Richard Sewell, Dean of St George’s College, and travel to Jerusalem this Lent on a virtual pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The program, called “A River through the Desert: A Lent Pilgrimage”, will be a weekly video filmed in a different location in the Holy Land along with a weekly meditation and question for personal reflection. Each week the virtual pilgrimage will arrive in your inbox on Wednesday along with the weekly meditation from the Rev. George Caldwell.
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 6 - The Garden
It has often been noted that the Bible begins in a garden with a tree whose fruit leads to the first sin (Genesis 2 and 3) and ends with the New Jerusalem in which there is a tree whose ‘leaves are for the healing of the nations’ (Revelation ...
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 5 - The Road
Virtual Pilgrimage Week 5 - The Road
This fifth week of the Lent study sets us on course for Jerusalem. The road to Jerusalem was well-trodden by the Jews of Palestine in Jesus’s time, and before, because pilgrimage to the Holy City and to...
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 4 - The Sea
The Sea of Galilee has a special place in the faith and heart of every Christian. So many of us grew up on the stories of Jesus and all that he did on and around the Sea of Galilee. It feels like a familiar place to us even before we have actuall...
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 3 - The Mountain
A thoughtful reading of the Bible shows that many of the themes and important events in the New Testament are prefigured by themes and events in the Old Testament. This will hold true for much of what we consider in this Lent course. As mentioned...
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 2 - The Water Well
Water is a vital element in the sustenance of human life. We can survive without water to drink for four days at most. In ancient civilizations, dwellings would only be built around, or near, a reliable fresh water supply. In Jerusalem, it was th...
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Virtual Pilgrimage Week 1 - The Desert
The desert has profound significance in the Christian life. We are most readily drawn to think about the desert because of Jesus’s temptations there which mark the beginning of his public ministry. But that significant moment evokes the much ea...
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