Over the past six months, I’ve traveled to dozens of renowned pilgrimage sites across Asia and the Middle East. Whether it be the Sikh’s Golden Temple in India, the Bahá’í Gardens in Israel, Buddhist temples in Nepal’s Lumbini (the birthplace of Buddha), Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Islamic shrine in New Delhi, India’s Kashi Vishwanath Hindu Temple, mosques of great importance throughout Turkey, or historic churches in Turkey, Israel, and Palestine, I’ve seen thousands of people traveling miles (often on foot!) just…
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Finding Faith
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It’s been 11 days since I visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, located in Jerusalem, Israel. I’ve wanted to write about the experience since we wrapped up our tour of…
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When putting together our initial India itinerary, one of the places that I wanted to visit most in all of the country was Varanasi. Known as one of the holiest cities…
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Following our four days of fun and chaos in Delhi, my husband Craig and I headed north to Amritsar. While we had planned to spend more time in northwestern India, due…
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(Photo courtesy of akshardham.com/) This post is part of an ongoing series on Foreign Loren on finding faith. In addition to exploring my own, I plan to reflect on my experiences…