Reflections from the Frankfurt Airport

It’s a long trip between TLV and SFO and friends often ask, “Are you going on a Melton seminar AGAIN??!!” Before I answer I think where else can I engage with 25 other serious adult learners for 2 weeks? And where else might I have the experience of actually tasting the pillar of salt while studying the Sdom story – or pick up a smooth rock in the valley where David slew Goliath and wondering if this might have actually been that rock? Where else might I encounter the ancient texts amplified by modern thinking, poetry, and song? And is there possibly another place where I can find the combination of ancient/modern place, outstanding curriculum, incredible learning materials, and educators who manage to treat everyone as if they were the only person on the trip? Where else can I exercise my body, my brain, my emotions, my spirit, and my soul – exhausting and exhilarating them all at the same time?

So when friends ask, “Are you going on a Melton seminar again?” I don’t hesitate before I anger, “You Bet I Am!”