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Dec. 6, 2025
I was out early morning around 4:00 am and drove up tot he Mount of Olives, using the narrow road behind the Church of All Nations and Gethsemene. What a view!
Ahava and shalom,
Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Jerusalem, Israel
I am enjoying a can of iced coffee on Zion Square (Jaffa Road and Ben Yehuda Street) in Jerusalem, Israel. This is our first night back in the Land.
This time my good wife Laurie and I will be staying for three full months, volunteering at the Christian Friends of Israel (led by Tristen and Galya Hall, founded by Ray and Sharon Sanders 40 years ago) here in Jerusalem.
As is common, my sleep hours tend to be somewhat erratic, so I am out and about with the teenagers at 2 am Friday morning, Oct. 17, 2025.
Ahava and Shaklim from Jerusalem!
Lord reveal Yourself to this generation. May they know their Lord and Savior, Yeshua HaMashiach. Todah.
A “foot/long” hot dog (probably chicken) is 2 regular ones in a large bun. Then add all the fixings!
My good friend of 20 years, Avraham Saidien of Jerusalem. To bless and honor him I put our photo in the cover of my 39th book, “Love For His People - the Land and Friends of Israel.”
Teenagers love to be…teenagers.
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P.S. My good wife Laurie and I will be voluntering in Jerusalem Oct. 15, 2025-Jan. 12, 2-26 with Christian Freinds of Israel. We will again visit the Western wall (Kotel). Be watching for more "Walk With Me" videos from Jerusalem, Israel!
More on our time in Jerusalem: The Martins in Jerusalem 2025
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Walk With Me, Steve Martin
Did you know that the song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", voted the #1 song of the 20th century, was written by two Jewish men. They were actually writing about their homeland of Israel, that was yet to be.
Walk the yellow brick road with me. Videos by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina.
| "Over the Rainbow" | |
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 Judy Garland singing "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz | |
| Song by Judy Garland | |
| from the album The Wizard of Oz (1956) | |
| Published | 1939 by Leo Feist, Inc. |
| Studio | MGM soundstages[1] |
| Composer(s) | Harold Arlen |
| Lyricist(s) | E.Y. Harburg |
"Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg.[2] It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland[3] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.[2]
About five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her story of an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch (Margaret Hamilton). Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Someplace where there isn't any trouble. Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train. It's far, far away. Behind the moon, beyond the rain", at which point she begins singing.
"Over the Rainbow" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song. It has been included in several all-time lists, and has been covered by several artists in varying languages. In 2017, it was selected for induction into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg often worked in tandem, Harburg generally suggesting an idea or title for Arlen to set to music, before Harburg contributed the lyrics.[4] For their work together on The Wizard of Oz, Harburg claimed his inspiration was "a ballad for a little girl who... was in trouble and... wanted to get away from... Kansas. A dry, arid, colorless place. She had never seen anything colorful in her life except the rainbow". Arlen decided the idea needed "a melody with a long broad line".[5]
By the time all the other songs for the film had been written, Arlen was feeling the pressure of not having the song for the Kansas scene. He often carried blank pieces of music manuscript in his pockets to jot down short melodic ideas. Arlen described how the inspiration for the melody to "Over the Rainbow" came to him suddenly while his wife Anya drove:
"I said to Mrs. Arlen... 'let's go to Grauman's Chinese ... You drive the car, I don't feel too well right now.' I wasn't thinking of work. I wasn't consciously thinking of work, I just wanted to relax. And as we drove by Schwab's Drug Store on Sunset I said, 'Pull over, please.' ... And we stopped and I really don't know why—bless the muses—and I took out my little bit of manuscript and put down what you know now as 'Over the Rainbow.'"[6]
The song was originally sung in A-flat major.[7] Arlen later wrote the contrasting bridge section based on the idea of "a child's piano exercise".[8] In the movie, a renowned Stradivarius violin was used in the accompaniment.[9]
Italian newspaper Il Messaggero has noted a resemblance, both harmonic and melodic, between Over the Rainbow and the theme of the intermezzo (known as Ratcliff's Dream) of Pietro Mascagni's 1895 opera Guglielmo Ratcliff.[10]
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Videos by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, NC.
It is reported that Abe Lincoln, most likely when a young lawyer, stayed in this historic building along the Illinois River. Located across from Starved Rock State Park near Utica, LaSalle/Peru, Oglesby, Ottawa area of north central Illinois. Video recorded and shared by Steve Martin, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, NC.
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Walk With Me in Savannah, Georgia, as we enjoy the beautiful streets, homes,
and the historical atmosphere of this charming Southern city on the Atlantic coast. Video #1 of 7 Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin, Founder, Love For His People Ministry in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.
Steve Martin - sitting at my CCCP desk. June 12, 2025
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