Merry Christmas Everyone!
I trust you have a blessed day today (Jesus' Birthday) as we celebrate the day upon which all of history hinges. This is the first Christmas in 35 years that I have ever missed with my family, but they understand as duty called me to help an archaeological team excavate the very place where not only did God make his covenant with Abraham that through his seed the "families of the earth' would be blessed, but it is also the place where he came with Lot to give him his choice of dwelling places when Lot chose "the well-watered plains of the Jordan (river", which included the city of Sodom (Tal el-Hammam). I am not digging there this year with the team, but am assisting Dr. Scott Stripling as a "square supervisor" at the dig at Kahirbet el-Maqatir (Joshua's Ai). I will post pictures and videos of the dig and our time this year in Israel, which should be of interest to those who study Biblical history.
