There wasn’t time for jetlag when we got back from Israel. After putting the Having a Mary Spirit DVD Study on hold for Lazarus Awakening, it was time to dive back into that project and finish it up. It was a little jarring to tell the truth, my heart was still in...
Filming Lazarus Awakening
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Nine
Making Up for Lost Time What starts as a good idea may turn out to be a God-idea in the end! By day nine, we were grateful we’d tacked an extra day on the trip for sightseeing. As the list of needed segments grew, it became obvious the extra day would be spent...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Eight
Home in Bethany I remember the first time John and I drove into Bethany three years ago. The city was not what I had imagined. Part of the Palestinian territory, it was nothing like the city of Jerusalem's beauty and order. A discarded washing machine sat next to the...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Seven
Kidron Valley & Garden of Gethsemane There's no place like Israel! I paused to drink in the beauty around me as I waited for the team to finish setting up the cameras and reflector screen. On this seventh morning in Israel, we were scheduled to film...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Six
Southern Temple Steps & Caiaphas’ House We’d been warned to leave the city. Independence Day in Jerusalem is crazy, we were told. The traffic is terrible and the crowds dense. Go anywhere but near the Old City, we were advised. But with a lost day of shooting and...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Five
Western Wall & Pool of Bethesda After four days of being sick in her room, my video consultant, Kristie Kerr was determined to join us. Though her throat was still too sore to eat anything but soft food (and sometimes, not even that), the antibiotics from two days...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Four
Mount of Olives & Solomon’s Quarry Sunday dawned bright and beautiful in Jerusalem. After spending some time in the Word and praying with Kristie in her room, the team headed off to the Mount of Olives, including Nurse Mikki (who, of course, made sure our invalid...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Three
It was official. Kristie was sick – really sick. My video consultant’s throat was so raw she could hardly talk when I went to check on her that morning. Thankfully we had Mikki, our Israel hostess. As the rest of the team loaded the van to drive to En Gedi and Masada,...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day Two
It took me a little while to remember where I was. But as I rolled over to turn off my alarm and looked around the lovely Ein Gev Holiday Resort cottage where I'd spent the night, it hit me. We were really here - in Israel! Staying at a kibbutz on the eastern shore of...
Filming Lazarus Awakening – Day One
April 29, 2014. 4:45 am. My husband, John, helped load my luggage (way too much luggage!) and drove me through the night to the airport, an hour away. We held each other tight as he prayed a blessing over me, the team, and the film project. It was hard to leave this...
Lazarus Awakening Launch Day!
Let the fun begin... Today is a big day! Today we begin the 21-DAY COUNTDOWN to the release of Lazarus Awakening: the DVD Bible Study that we've created to go along with my book. I had the privilege of filming this project in Israel and I’m really excited to share all...
Using My New DVD Bible Studies!
Lazarus Awakening filmed in Israel Coming in June! I'm getting such great feedback from groups who are using the DVD curriculums for Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World and Having a Mary Spirit! We are just finishing up the final edits for Lazarus Awakening which...