Presbyterian minister and retired professor the Rev. Dr. Tom Long — who moved to Cambridge full time in 2017 after retiring from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University
This impressive young man had made many right choices in his life and he was obviously from a successful, affluent family. Despite all that he was and had, something was still missing.
for canon john peterson, it s confirmation of an ancient christian tradition. it s not only exciting and special, but it is mystical because one enters into dealing with the questions of, where did the holy family live? isn t this exciting though, to be able to think that we are looking at such an important part of human history at this point? yes. it s possible that this house is the real deal because we have to remember that mary was alive during much of the period of the early church and would have passed down the memory of where these places were to the disciples who would then have venerated them and passed them down further. the gospel of mark, the oldest of the gospels, starts its account of jesus life when
This epoch has crept in on us mankind slowly, but inexorably. I believe that the experiences of these times go beyond what we look in the direction of the alert and the discerning alone to unravel and interpret.