by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
My 7 siblings and I grew up the fishbowl of a prominent pastor’s home. Everybody watched and commented on EVERYTHING we “PK’s” or preacher’s kids did. And we gave them plenty to talk about. There were two unwritten rules for being a good PK: Don’t say or do anything...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
Echoing through the twisting limestone passageways of Jerusalem’s Old City was the tapping cadence of the Greek Orthodox bishop’s scepter. Dressed in liturgical costume, the bishop also swung a smoking brazier of incense in rhythmic arcs as he led a cluster of solemn,...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
To the eyes of a western evangelical Christian, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher might seem over-embellished, creepy, and in need of a good housecleaning. Oil lamps and religious-looking do-dads hang everywhere and the air is filled with incense. Some of the...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
Mount Zion majestically rises like a ship’s prow over the valleys of Gehenna and Central, but even the Kidron Valley and Mount of Olives are visible from its height. Also visible, like a livid scar running along a crease in Gehenna is Potter’s Field. In Old Testament...
by Rebekah Binkley Montgomery | May 23, 2020 | Good Reads
(from Crosswalk.com) When sun shines on the limestone walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, the rocks emit a rosy golden hue as if the blood of life pulsated through stone capillaries. From a strictly geological point-of-view, it is because Jerusalem limestone contains...
