Sunday, May 13, 2007

6 pm in St Anne's

Kris and I are sitting in a concert by the Jerusalem Oratory Chamber choir under the direction of Ronen Borshesky. With a name like that you have got to be great in music....but with a name like Lorenzen you probably wouldn't be. Bauman seems to be a bit more attentive and appreciative. Actually, St Annes is one of my favorite places in Jerusalem, just inside the Sheep Gatea where the ruins of the pool of bethesida are. Here Jesus cured the paralytic--see John 5. I learned today that folks like the paralytic were excluded from the temple area and had to gather here outside in hopes of healing. Isn't it just like Jesus to be out here with the excluded and be healing them.
Anyway, the acoustics here in st annes are unmatched and that's why we are here. We are also here bec we needed some uplift after our visit to the Holocaust Museum today. Hearing O Magnum Mysterium by Francis Poulenc helps us get some perspective after seeing the depths of evil that we are all capable of.
We started this morning watching the sun rise over the Dead Sea and then I made Kris swim in the slimy, oily, salty sea. He's still itching and burning in places--even after a swim in the Kibbutz Pool to wash off the grimy grime.
We took a chance and ate in an arab steetside cafe...some friendly Christian monk or father or something recommended it to us. Actually, it was excellent.
We'ce got our car parked somewhere and need to move it to the hotel as soon as Ronen is done here.
From st annes, Jerusalem--shalom.
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