What’s happening in Gaza?
This is another proxy-post by Rich, written for CPTnet and copied here with permission: North American media have again found one of their favorite stories in the fighting between Hamas and Fatah in...
View ArticleWhen should we insist on peace and nonviolence?
In the past few months, we’ve discussed how to handle churches that stray from their nonviolent roots, why we should refrain from commenting on situations we don’t know in-depth, and why those of us in...
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“Wait for the Exodus”: Today in Gaza
Maybe we’ve stopped praying for Palestine. Maybe we never cared to start. Maybe it was too hard to ask God for a fix to this complex situation; and, hey, we don’t know the history well enough. I hear...
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“It could be that civilians were nearby… it would not be the first time,”
Many of you remember my post from a few months ago on what is currently happening in the Gaza strip in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. The above image comes from last Thursday, when Israeli...
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Settler attacks, domestic violence and tears
Cross-posted from As of Yet Untitled Sunday afternoon when I got word that my friend Joel Gulledge had been attacked by Israeli settlers in At-Tuwani. Joel was escorting some Palestinian children home...
View ArticleChristmas Day in Palestine
Crossposted from SammerTime 12.25.2008 I awoke to the sound of light rain on the tin roof. Quite pleased after checking my watch and realizing I slept in much longer than usual, I stepped outside to...
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Shock for an eye, awe for a tooth: so much for lex talionis in Gaza
After spending an hour reading the news about Gaza, there’s a lot of different blog posts I could write. I could write about the numbness and despair I feel as I watch the video camera meandering...
View ArticleLove and Smoke
So I am really in love for the first time in a while. He’s a radical activist. He’s Mennonite. He’s brilliant. He would probably read and write on this blog if he was from the USA. But there is a big...
View ArticleThe things that make for peace
This piece is cross-posted from Electronic Intifada As he came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now...
View ArticleKairos and Lent in the “Holy Land”
Crossposted from Ekklesia, UK by ST with permission of Tim Siedel Experiencing the Lenten season in Palestine is unique. It carries with it incredible feelings of closeness and concreteness as one...
View ArticleRunning in Fear
Ever feel like you’re somewhere where you shouldn’t be? Yesterday I was running on the Coal & Coke Trail outside Mount Pleasant when I found myself in the midst of hunting season in Western PA....
View ArticleWomen, War, and Peace: In Palestine, Afghanistan, and Liberia
October 6 marks the 10-year anniversary of the United States’ war in Afghanistan. In response to this event and the stories of woman in war zones around the world, Women’s Action for New Directions...
View ArticleCanine disobedience
Since almost two months now I am working on a Palestinian farm surrounded by settlements – more on the project maybe in another article. Today I want to share with you an observation I have made about...
View ArticleViolence Begets Violence
“Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.” — Matthew 26:52 (KJV) ”Hate begets hate; violence begets violence;...
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