October 2010

Don’t Forget to VOTE!!

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2010

Let’s make it a landslide – a mandate! Make sure to vote “Nobama” on Tuesday! Fight back for morals, Life, fiscal responsibility, sanity and conservative values. I think this is a turning point! When Obama was elected I said, “This might be good for America — it could wake up the sleeping giant!

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Running thru Bethlehem’s Biblical Sites

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2010

Check out my running trip on http://t.co/i6v9Zm6: 2010-10-31 Bethlehem’s Biblical Sites http://t.co/vkiYzfShttp://t.co/vkiYzfS. I started out Sunday morning early and ran through the Church of Nativity, down to Shepherd’s Field, to the Milk Grotto, the Wells of David and more. I met some friends along the way. I ended the morning with breakfast at Johnny and [...]

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Relevant Radio: Steve on the Early Saints

by Steve Ray on October 31, 2010

Tomorrow I will join Sean Herriott to discuss the early saints — how they lived and how they died and why we call them saints. You can listen live at www.RelevantRadio.com from 7:00 – 8:00 AM Eastern time. I will specifically discussing the Apostolic Fathers. You can purchase my DVD on the Apostolic Fathers filmed [...]

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All went well and the group is safely on their way home. The only problems are with internet and filters which is giving me a lot of grief trying to get the last two videos up. I will get them soon. Sorry. Part I Masada, Qumran, floating in the Dead Sea, lunch and biblical sites [...]

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Day 7: Mount of Olives & Mount Zion

by Steve Ray on October 29, 2010

Part i Part II.

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Day 6: Incredible Mass at the Tomb of Christ!

by Steve Ray on October 28, 2010

The wake up call came at 4:30 AM. Argh! “You will thank me later,” I told the pilgrims. We left the hotels at 5:00 AM to walk the Via Dolorosa (Stations of the Cross). After walking the Way of Sorrows we quickly toured the Church of the Holy Sepulchre before settling into the benches set [...]

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All Day in Bethlehem & Hebron

by Steve Ray on October 27, 2010

Hey, family and friends — leave your comments and greetings below in the COMMENTS and I will read them to your family and friends each day on the bus. Another great day!

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Prelude & Fugue

by Steve Ray on October 26, 2010

Prelude & Fugue: How a Musician Discovered the Catholic Church Laura is a musician who was raised Methodist and then discovered Evangelical Christianity. But her musical and intellectual pursuits inspired her to dig deeper and she discovered the Catholic Church. You will enjoy her story entitled “Prelude and Fugue.“ For hundreds more, conversion stories galore, [...]

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Pilgrimage Day 3, Parts I and II

by Steve Ray on October 25, 2010

Part I: Visiting both hotels, going to Tabgha for the Multiplication of Loaves and fish. Then a drive to the Lebanese border to visit Banias which is Caesarea Philippi in the New Testament where Jesus renamed Simon giving him the name Peter (Rock). Then to lunch at the Druze Restaurant and driving back through the [...]

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St. Joseph, Father of Jesus?

by Steve Ray on October 25, 2010

Today we will visit the House of the Holy Family under the Church of St. Joseph in Nazareth. Here I will give my short talk “A Day in the Life of the Holy Family — telling about the quiet, strong hero and father of Jesus. Father of Jesus? Yes, it is correct to call him [...]

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Zoom into Israel – Cool site!

by Steve Ray on October 24, 2010

Since we are now here with our group, I thought you might like to take a virtual tour of Jerusalem’s Old City. I run around the walls of the city almost every day. This is a wonderful website where you can click on various “pinpoints” and see the sites in Jerusalem. This is a great [...]

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I get this question every day. We have finished 7 out of the projected 10. You can see and purchase our finished documentaries here. They make great Christmas presents, by the way. We are currently working on budgets and hoping to get the funding from Ignatius Press to begin the next one in 2012. Still [...]

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How Many Biblical Sites can you Visit in One Run?

by Steve Ray on October 23, 2010

Just uploaded a Running trip to EveryTrail. Click the link below to check it out 2010-10-23 Sabbath Run thru Biblical Sites How many biblical sites can you fit into one run? What is it like to run through hell and back? Today I tried to hit as many Bible places and interesting sites as I [...]

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Pilgrimage Day 1: Arrival and Mass at St. Peter’s

by Steve Ray on October 23, 2010

All the pilgrims arrived safely. Great group. Half are at Ron Beach and half are at Scots Hotel. Mass at St. Peter’s on the shore of Galilee. All is well and everything is going great. Tomorrow the Mount of Transfiguration, Cana for renewal of wedding vows and Mass at the Grotto of Annunciation in Nazareth.

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