This October I walked the land with a group of pilgrims who came with the Book open. Every morning a place they had only read about was standing in front of them, and the page opened.
The film draws our road as one gold line across the map, a day at a time, and gives each day a Hebrew word to carry home. Six days are behind us now. Two are still ahead.
What we carry already: an invitation across the water, a question at the mouth of a cave, a river and a baptism, tears over a city, words kept safe in the desert, and friends floating in the sea.
Eight words to carry home
- Day 1 · Monday 5 OctoberגּוֹיִםGoyim, the nationsFrom the Sea to the Valley
- Day 2 · Tuesday 6 OctoberגָּלִילGalil, the circleLet Us Go to the Other Side
- Day 3 · Wednesday 7 OctoberיַרְדֵּןYarden, the one who goes downThe Springs, the Cave and My Home
- Day 4 · Thursday 8 OctoberעֲלִיָּהAliyah, going upDown to the River, Up to the City
- Day 5 · Friday 9 OctoberשֶׁמֶןShemen, oilThe City Before Our Eyes
- Day 6 · Shabbat 10 OctoberמְצוּדָהMetzudah, fortressThe Fortress, the Scroll and the Sea
- Day 7 · Sunday 11 OctoberשֵׁםShem, nameStill to walk: under the city, at the Wall, and before six million names
- Day 8 · Monday 12 OctoberבְּשׂוֹרָהBesorah, good newsStill to walk: a tomb that holds nothing at all
If you walked this road with me, this film is yours to keep and to share. If you have never been here, you can still stand with this land every week, from wherever you are.
One letter a week. One place from the Bible. One prayer we pray together.
Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Sea of Galilee shoreline © OpenStreetMap contributors.