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Tagged: the Grand Canal

In Love on the Grand Canal
Posted on Thursday, April 16th, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: gondolas, Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal, Venice
English: Venice: Italy: 1913 map of city center (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) I wouldn’t leave Italy without achieving three tickets on my bucket list. The first: a gondola ride on the Grand Canal . And what a grand time we had. The Grand Canal is Venice ‘s major waterway and it divides the city in two. It looks like …[ read more ]

Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab
@carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

Carol McClain