Tim Timmons
Politics As Usual . . .
A good many of you responded to last week’s babblings about the fiasco the U.S. House went through in electing a Speaker. To a person, you agreed that it was…
Read MoreHere’s 6 Predictions For 2023 . . . Sort Of
Newspapers attract the oddest people sometimes. I have had people waltz into my office to tell me about the alien spaceship that landed in their field as well as multiple…
Read MoreAnswering Questions From Readers
I’m 65 years old and started working for my high school newspaper when I was a sophomore in 1972. If I’m counting on fingers and toes correctly, that means I’ve…
Read MoreOdds And Ends From Israel Trip
Let me repeat something I wrote earlier. Jet lag is real. As of this writing, we have been home a little less than 24 hours. The clock and bright daylight…
Read MoreIsrael trip ends at the site of the crucifixion and tomb
What’s the old saying, save the best for last? On our final day of the Holy Land tour and personal pilgrimage, we began the morning at Ein Karen, the birthplace…
Read MoreDay Five From The Manger In Bethlehem
As our trip reached its penultimate day, we are finally getting to the major sites in the life of Jesus Christ. Today began with a trip to the Mount of…
Read MoreDay Four Unlike Any Thanksgiving Before
Thursday marked the most untraditional of Thanksgivings. But what a day to be thankful for. Our first stop after leaving the Dead Sea was Masada. If you don’t know the…
Read MoreBaptisms in Jordan and Decapolis – Day Four
Wednesday was more or less a travel day. We left Tiberias early in the morning with a scheduled stop at the “River” Jordan. River is the key word, or actually,…
Read MoreOn a Rock and Under a House – Day Three
Shalom from Hermon Mount, the site we know from Matthew where Jesus said, “You are Peter and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades…
Read MoreHoly Land Pilgrimage Off to Good Start
The biggest thing I’m being asked is what’s our first impression of the Holy Land. Four words. Jet. Lag. Is. Real. The time difference is seven hours, so when we…
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