And the Winner Is…

And the Winner Is…

Mary Tullila! She wrote, “One of my favorite places is along the shores of Lake Superior, in the Keewanaw peninsula, Copper Harbor, Mich. during Fall colours.” She’ll be receiving the InScribed necklace in the mail next week.

Sad that you didn’t win? You have another chance! Look for my second (and final) giveaway next week. Make sure you’ve signed up to follow my blog either through e-mail or WordPress Reader so you’ll get all the details. And please tell your friends!

Not only did Mary win the drawing, but she also got every answer correct on my little around-the-world challenge:

Garden of Gethsemane, visited Summer 2004 during my dig in Ashkelon, Israel.
1. Garden of Gethsemane: visited Summer 2004 during my
dig in Ashkelon, Israel.
Mendenhall Lake, Summer 2008 on an Alaskan Cruise celebrating David's grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary.
2. Mendenhall Lake: canoed with the whole Haley clan
Summer 2008 on an Alaskan Cruise celebrating David’s
grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary.
Mount St. Helens, hiked on our 5th anniversary, July 5, 2008.
3. Mount St. Helens: hiked on our fifth anniversary,
July 5, 2008.
4. Key West or Hilton Head Island?
4. Key West: visited for one short day during our Spring 2010 Caribbean cruise. By the time we returned home, Nashville was flooding and we had the worst plane ride of our lives.
5. Israel or Utah?
5. Beth Shemesh, Israel: This one’s a good story. My fellow archaeologists and I snuck onto the site for a self-guided tour. We only had Saturdays off of work, and all national sites are closed on Saturdays in honor of Shabbat.
6. Israel or Utah?
6. East Canyon Reservoir, Utah: This one’s the inspiration for this little game. As David and I were hiking last weekend, I was impressed by how similar Utah’s landscape is to Israel’s. Unfortunately my photographs don’t do justice to either locale.

Stones Still Speak

When we first encounter the Bible, we are taught its stories—Adam and Eve, Moses and the Red Sea, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale, and more. When a story lacks the details we crave, we fill in the blanks–with what we’ve seen in movies, read in books, and been told by our Sunday school teachers. But there’s a better way to encounter the whole story of Scripture: uncovering and understanding the ancient world and the people who experienced biblical events.

In Stones Still Speak, Harvard-trained archaeologist and theologian Amanda Hope Haley scrapes back 2,000 years of misguided cultural interpretations to reveal God’s Word in its historical, archaeological, and literary contexts. Far from a dry academic exercise, this process explains how our misunderstandings developed and revitalizes the Scripture you thought you knew, with the greater purpose of encouraging a more intentional, rigorous study of the Bible in your daily life.

Available for pre-order now. Books will ship from your favorite retailer by September 23, 2025.

Copper Finds a Manger

Copper the basset hound travels the world with his friend, Amanda, while she digs on archaeological sites. On this trip to Bethlehem, the ancient city where Jesus was born, this adventurous dog follows his nose to an ancient stone manger. There he meets a new friend who tells him all about life in first-century Judaea and the night a special baby was born in the house Amanda’s excavating.

This book features

  • a Page for Parents that explains the historical facts behind the story,
  • grades 1-3 reading level,
  • 34 pages of edge-to-edge full-color illustrations, and
  • durable heavyweight pages with a glued binding (no staples!).


Join Copper as he learns the history of the first Christmas!