Walking the Via Dolorosa early this morning was incredible.  The 14 stations of the cross can be found in obscure spots throughout the Old City's narrow, winding streets.  Like Tony (also on this trip) said, you could walk right by most of them and not even notice.  Not the Church of the Holy  though, where Jesus was stripped of his clothing and crucified.  The place was filled with incense and candles, music and mosaics, revered rocks and works of art.  The atmosphere was powerful, penetrating the senses (and I don't mean to be melodramatic!)  But "the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has overcome it" (John 1:5).  As I walked out of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, back into the sunshine, I knew God was walking out too - with me, in me.  Alexis Bevan

The Jenin Farewell Committee sending our bus back to the south.