I like the fact that Mount Carmel, in Israel, is called ‘God’s Vineyard’ in Hebrew, and is a holy place for the Baha’i, Jewish, and Muslim faiths as well as for the Christian faith; indeed it is thought to have been a sacred place long before any of those religions existed, which cheers me up, for it reminds me that holiness is bigger than any religion, and that what is sacred cannot be owned or controlled or claimed by any one religion or people or sect or species.
