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Without question, Billy Cobham is one of the great drummers of our time, and on his recent album he assembled an all star cast in support—- Chaka Khan, Gino Vanelli, Alex Acuna, John Scofield and more. This song flat out grooves, and Gino, who wrote the song, is on the top of his game. Enjoy!

Behold the canal carved through the isthmus just north of ancient Corinth. This canal has a long history, going back to Nero, who began to have the canal dug so ships would not have to be dragged across the isthmus on the dilkos, or all goods off-loaded on the Italy side of the isthmus and…

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: THE DEMISE OF THE SON OF MAN As the Roman soldiers led Jesus away, they seized Simon from Cyrene (a Roman colony on the north coast of Africa). Simon was a Diaspora Jew on his way to the festival, coming in from the hill country where he had spent the night, having…

R?dley Scott has a penchant for mak?ng b?g mov?es w?th sweep and grandeur and th?s ?s definitely one of them despi?te some of the ludite cr?t?cs reviews who either don’t much know or don’t much care about English h?story.  This mov?e has all the elements of a truly great fi?lm:  1) excellent actors at the…

Although I am not generally given to hyperbole, the new museum of the Parthenon in Athens deserves every awe-inspiring adjective I can muster. The brain child of architect Bernard Tschumi’s creative mind,  it stands, as the Financial Times recently said like a huge space ship that landed right behind and below the Parthenon.  Here are…

As the Grateful Dead once said— What a long strange trip we’ve been on.  In this case the trip has lasted six years and more than a hundred episodes with only 4 hours worth not actually filmed on the island of Oahu, though various episodes and scenes appear to be elsewhere.   The script writers and…

I have just returned from five weeks of filming and traveling in Greece, Turkey, and Israel in preparation for making six DVDs about Jesus, Paul, and the Earliest Christians.  What I will be sharing with you in a series of posts are some of the still shots and insights gained from this trip. So join…

CHAPTER THIRTY THREE: THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF JESUS Jesus was well and truly alone now, having been abandoned by all his Galilean male disciples. Eliezer, though he had not abandoned Jesus, and had indeed gained access to Caiaphas’ house had not been able to stem the tide against Jesus. When the meeting was over,…

Sometimes I feel,Like a grain of sandOn a giant beachBy an endless sea. Sometimes I feel,Like a grain of saltSeasoning’s savorOn a mundane menu. Sometimes I feel,Like a grain of senseIn a cold cacophonyOf violent voices. Sometimes I feel,Like a grain of wheatThat the master plantedTo rise again. One thing I know.Despite the many questionsThe…

CHAPTER THIRTY TWO: A DAY OF INFAMY The afternoon passed quickly, and the rendezvous at Bethany had happened without incident. The time came when Jesus sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. Say to the owner of the…
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