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hey friends - I need your help with a special project. a group of us are developing something called "friends without borders." the idea is to help people in "the west" to develop friendships with "the other" online. so we'd...
hey friends - I need your help with a special project. a group of us are developing something called "friends without borders." the idea is to help people in "the west" to develop friendships with "the other" online. so we'd...
Here's the Q: You mention the crisis going on between Arabs and Israelis in the Middle East as well as the Zionism that guides American political action quite a bit on your blog and in speeches. I'm very ignorant about...
In one of life's ironies, the IDF attack on a flotilla of ships in international waters off the Gaza coast coincides with the World Council of Churches' World Week for Peace in Palestine and Israel, which you can read about...
More heartbreak. I'm sure you're already aware that it's very hard - especially for us in the US - to get unfiltered, unbiased, and even-handed reporting on Israel and Palestine. Having been to the region, having had in-depth dialogue with...
For those who haven't read my previous posts about Palestine, here's the message I'm trying to get out ... and I hope you will too. 1. There is a long, complex, and critically important conflict in Israel, which you can...
If you have an interest in experiencing what some friends and I experienced in Israel and Palestine in January, I highly recommend you contact my friends Jeff and Janet Wright. Jeff is a Disciples of Christ pastor who has a...
I've written a lot on Palestine and Gaza in recent years ... Not long ago I posted this song about the conflict ... Any of us who travel (or read) know that peace in the world can't be separated from...
One of the best and (as yet) most-undervalued Christian leaders in America, in my opinion, is Adam Hamilton. This piece on Gaza is a good introduction to his work, and to his excellent blog. Also, this recent piece from CBS...
My friend Sivin Kit offers a wise perspective on Palestine from within the context of a Muslim-majority country. Read the interview here....
I’m 52, and I’ve had a great first half-century of life (and am looking forward to the next). But this inaugural week I feel an extraordinary happiness. Younger people can understand it to a great degree, but I think many...
Just received this about my friend Sivin Kit in Malaysia ... God bless you, Sivin! Quotable line: "A lot of people are still ignorant about the Palestine-Israel issue. It is not about religion or race but a humanitarian crisis."...
This is a song I wrote a while back. The crisis in gaza got me singing it this morning during a time of prayer, so I decided to upload it. I think of Jesus' words, "If you only knew what...
I'm including another eyewitness account of Gaza from an Irish friend of a friend (below the jump), also available here. Ben White also contributes an important and strongly-worded article especially for the Christian community here. I urge Christian leaders to...
The good people at Tikkun have placed a major ad in the New York Times. It begins like this ... (after the jump)...
My friend Hannah in Palestine sent another update today. She pointed out how 935 Gazans killed would translate into 200,000 Americans proportionally to total population, of which 65,000 would be children. Can you imagine that kind of death toll in...
Here's my posting from Washington Post/On Faith about Gaza ......
My friend Eboo Patel offers wise counsel on breaking out of our current solution deadlock in two recent posts at On Faith. The full posts are included with permission below the jump, and are available at the On Faith blog...
A friend sent this link to a blog from friends of his who (like the links I've given over recent days) capture something real about the disaster happening in Gaza - while the media seem to present political theater that...
Another friend, Elrig, who lives in Israel and cares about justice for Jew, Muslim, and Christian alike, offers more important insights here ... I hope more Americans will crack open the echo-chamber of the US media long enough to hear...
My friend Hannah Mermelstein works for justice and peace. She is a woman of Jewish descent who believes in doing justice and loving kindness for everyone, without distinctions based on religion or nationality. Here is what she is seeing, hearing,...