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A week on an archaeological dig in Israel is a messy but interesting Biblical lesson
4 a.m. My eyes feel heavy. Today is my second day of digging. I'm in Israel for a week-long archaeological dig — not your regular vacation, but one that brought fulfillment and surprisingly more rest than I've gotten sitting on the beach. Richard Stamps, a professor of anthropology, and Mike...
LDS Church to blitz YouTube, Facebook with messages of Jesus Christ on Easter weekend
Mormon Life says: I love that the Church is doing this. Wouldn't it be awesome if all members shared the videos this weekend on their own social media?
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is planning to blitz the world of social media this weekend with a new media campaign aimed at helping "those not of our faith understand that we...
Mormons in the Holy Land
Mormon Life says: A non-LDS woman living in Jerusalem describes what the BYU Jerusalem Center is like.
With all this talk of Mormonism back home, and the state of Mormon-Jewish relations, I decided to go Mormon-hunting here in Jerusalem. Didn’t need to look far. Just up the hill there. On the...
Out on the Water
Mormon Life says: Israel is not just a place for me. There, on seas he walked and calmed, I have felt the vibrant reminder that Jesus Christ lives and beckons us all to "Come."
We were in a wooden fishing boat fashioned to resemble those used at the time of Christ. No sign or buoy marked the spot where Jesus walked on the water and beckoned to Peter, “Come.” And over...
Professor's discovery resurrects debate over 'Jesus tomb'
Mormon Life says: I don't agree with his thoughts about Christ's body, but his discovery is interesting.
Five years removed from his controversial "Jesus Tomb" documentary, UNC Charlotte archaeologist James Tabor announced Tuesday that he has helped uncover perhaps the earliest Christian image ever...
Biblical gardens come back to life in Israel
Mormon Life says: One more place to add to my bucket list.
Scientists have reconstructed what the biblical Kingdom of Judah would have looked like 2,500 years ago. The reconstruction shows a royal garden in Judah to have been an exotic paradise and is...
How to experience the Holy Land
As a boy, S. Michael Wilcox loved the Old Testament story of Elijah being fed by the ravens. “It was a wonderful thing that the ravens were bringing him food,” Wilcox said, recalling his boyhood fascination of the story found in I Kings 17. On his first trip to Israel, Wilcox was sitting in...
Finding the Historical Jesus
Mormon Life says: Some argue about the historicity of the Bible, and an interest of mine has been to travel to the Holy Lands and find evidence of biblical individuals and events. It has affirmed my faith.
Some critics argue that Biblical scholars have created the historical Jesus in their own image. A small number of scholars believe the gospel accounts are so mythical in nature that nothing,...
Book of Mormon expressly condemns anti-Semitism
Mormon Life says: The author maintains that the Book of Mormon is the only religious text to condemn anti-Semitism.
In 1894, Alfred Dreyfus, a young French artillery officer of Jewish origin, was framed and unjustly convicted of spying for Germany. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the distant, dreaded...
No Photos Please
As Americans we are used to a tremendous amount of independent thinking. This translates into American tourists frequently ignoring the request at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo or in the tombs of the pharaohs in the Valley of the Kings to refrain from taking pictures with cameras or cell phones. My...
Is It Really Safe to Travel in Israel?
Mormon Life says: Is it really safe to travel to Israel? What about terrorists? Are the hotels safe and secure and what about the buses on a tour, are they truly safe? Here is the simple answer to all of those questions: ABSOLUTELY YES.
Bad press and exaggerated TV reports have frightened many of the would-be travelers to Israel. But traveling to Israel is completely safe. Let me put it into perspective what I mean. A few years...
The Most Influential Jewish Man in Modern Mormon History
Had I not made the decision to travel abroad and to tour with Fun for Less Tours, I would never have met the most interesting man I had ever known, Dr. Joseph Ginat. His friends called him Jose (Yo-see), a nickname for Joseph in Hebrew. Jose was a very important person in the Israeli...
A Jewel of Jerusalem
Mormon Life says: Today, May 16, marks the twentieth anniversary of the dedication of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. The Center is considered by members and nonmembers alike to be a stunning addition to the Holy City’s landscape, but it didn’t start out that way. In fact, plans to build the Jerusalem Center caused so much controversy that the “Mormon issue” nearly caused the collapse of the Israeli government—on more than one occasion.
Located on Mount Scopus, on the northern end of the Mount of Olives, the grace and beauty of the Jerusalem Center is distinctive. With its ingenious use of space and light, and the best natural...
