In the good old days, that is 25-30 years ago, it was possible to walk the old Roman road from Jerusalem to Jericho, the road that Jesus would have walked when he came down from the Galilee and made his way from Jericho to Jerusalem. It is no longer possible to walk that incredible road because of the building of the Israeli settlements. But, in the days before the building of the settlements, pilgrims/ course members from St. George’s College frequently walked that desert road from Jerusalem to Jericho, all downhill. The first Dean of St. George’s College, John Wilkinson, actually took one of the courses on the trek from Jericho to Jerusalem, all uphill. After he did that, John was reported having said, ‘once was enough.”
