This is the point when The Jerusalem Experiment becomes profoundly interactive…
As I’ve mentioned on numerous occasions, my hope is that this project will serve as a practical tool for the local church as a means through which folks might reconnect (in a fresh way) to Biblical narratives which, for many, may have grown rather stale. To accomplish this, I will be visiting a myriad of locations where the Scriptures actually took place. The first month of my time in Israel will function much like every good cover band should–I’ll be taking your requests.
So, please, stop and ask yourself: “Where would I like Bryan to travel? Which section of Scripture have I thought, ‘Gee, if I could only see that!”
Anything come to mind? Awesome!
Now, all you need to do is let me know by posting a comment below. In the coming weeks I’ll develop of rough itinerary of how I’ll be spending my first month in Israel…based on how you respond.
This will be fun…I promise!
Bryan, I would love to know what it feels like to stand in Gethesemene at the same time of night that Jesus might have been there praying before they came for him. I want to know how the moon looks from there, if it is windy, what you can hear. Even though some things will have changed from Jesus’s time do some things remain? Is there a presence of grace and power felt in the places where Jesus prayed?
Cross the border in the south to Eliat, then on to Dahab Egypt on the Red Sea. It is a great base camp for Sinai desert explorations, a visit to St. Katherine’s monastery (with the descendant of the burning bush) and walking in Moses’s footsteps up Mt. Sinai. This is where God showed his face, gave the 10 commandments, and stopped en route to the Promised Land of Israel. It would be a great way to get a rugged desert perspective on your biblical geography!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai
Bryan,
I’ve always been fascinated by the area around Caesarea Philippi as the backdrop for Peter’s proclamation of who Jesus is. The history behind this place as a center for pagan worship and how God chooses to use this location to reveal Jesus’ identity through Peter is pretty cool stuff.
Jim
S.S. 2:1
[...] 9, 2009 by bryanmc The preparation process leading up to The Jerusalem Experiment is turning out to be perpetual series of movements away familiar things: my church home, my town [...]
I’d like you to share your sense of the site of the first Pentecost… It would be special to get close to the place where the awesome outpouring of the Holy Spirit occurred… …Peter’s first sermon…. I think there may be some baptismals excavated near there too – - where the original 3000 were baptized…