Faith Journeys Blog
Advent Calendar – Dec. 1
Since yesterday was St. Andrew's Day, we're going to start in Scotland. The town of St. Andrews is known for being the birthplace of golf, but within a short walk from the Old Course, you will find the beautiful ruins of a great Cathedral, built in 1160. It was one of...
FJ Host Interview – Gary Jackson
In this, our last edition of "A Conversation With..." for 2020, Faith Journeys Director of Operations, Taylor Wiscombe, speaks with Pastor Gary Jackson, of Friendship Baptist Church, Cincinnati, OH, about the blessings and benefits of groups spiritual travel and about...
FJ Host Interview – Johnnie and Julie Ross
Join us, this week, for "A conversation with...Johnnie and Julie Ross", as we discuss the benefits of spiritual group travel and talk about their experiences leading a pilgrimage to Israel and Jordan in February of 2020. (They were one of the last groups able to...
FJ Host Interview – Eleanor Barron
Today's video interview is with Eleanor Barron, of Sequoyah Hills Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, TN. She and her husband the Rev. Bill Barron are now retired, but that hasn't stopped them from leading pilgrimage groups to the Holy Land!
FJ Host Interview – Shannon Green
This week, join John Wiscombe as he speaks with Shannon Green, of Mount Saint Mary's University.
Virtual Pilgrimage – The Shrine of the Book, Jerusalem
Today, Jackie Feldman walks us to the Shrine of the Book at the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem. He explains about the symbols and history surrounding this astonishing collection housed inside, including the worlds largest collection of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls....
Faith Journeys Host Video – Mike Peterson
In this week's edition, John Wiscombe, the founder of Faith Journeys, has "a conversation with..." Mike Peterson. Mike led a pilgrimage, in 2017, from All Saints Lutheran Church, in Phoenix, Arizona, to Germany for the 500th anniversary of the start of the protestant...
Passover 2 – Visiting the Temple
Follow along as Jackie Feldman, our guide to Jerusalem, describes what a visit to the Temple in Jerusalem would have been like in the 1st century.
Faith Journeys Host Interview – The Rev. Dr. Holton Siegling
This week, we speak with the Rev. Dr. Holton Siegling of First Scots Presbyterian Church, in Charleston, SC, about his experience with group spiritual travel and pilgrimage.