In 2014, I visited the Holy Land with a group of twenty other Episcopal priests. Our group travelled to Tell es-Sultan (Jericho). Archeological evidence dates the city as one of the oldest in the world at 11,000 years. I noticed a stately gentleman inconspicuously hanging behind our group. I asked if I could help him. He produced a badge identifying himself as a police officer. I showed him my bad…
July 20, 2026
