The significance of place

The lights are twinkling on the Golan Heights across the Sea of
Galilee, the pilgrims, fed and refreshed after a stroll through the
small commercial district of Tiberius, are settling down for needed
rest, the lush garden at Scots Hotel is still and quiet, and God is in
this place. God is no more present here necessarily than elsewhere in
the world, but on these colorful hills and across these sometimes
turbulent waves and with the not so distant ancestors of these very
people, God incarnate walked. This is the land of God's most well
known stories. This is the land where those ancient stories can
readily be imagined and even in a sense be re-lived for those with
some measure of faith and expectation. We are here to retell and yes,
re-live some of those stories. May the One who was here incarnate meet
us as we listen carefully, see differently, and live fully together.
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