St. George’s Cathedral Guesthouse is a delightful place to stay. The rooms have exposed Jerusalem stone and the whole place has great character. My first activity this morning was the preparation of dark roast Café New Orleans coffee. The coffee went well each day with my morning devotionals.

We had been in Israel for six days. The north was very beautiful, calm and devotional. Jerusalem was loud, chaotic, busy, chilly, crowded, traffic jams, hustle, and not very devotional. People were a lot like people in any big city. Our group discussed this and moved on. It was still Jerusalem.

General Charles Gordon identified Gordon’s Calvary in 1883 as the place where Christ was crucified. Better known today as the Garden Tomb, this was first on our list today. It is located north about ½ block from the Damascus Gate. This theory is not generally accepted as the correct site of the crucifixion. The place is the best place for Christians to come and commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of our Lord Jesus. We did and it was a very stirring morning devotional.