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Archive for December, 2008
I’m famous!
Posted in musings on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Peace, peace…
Posted in faith, musings, palestine/israel, politics, sermons, tagged Gaza, Howard Thurman, israel, palestine, peace on December 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the passages of scripture that ruminated within me during my two week pilgrimage in Israel/Palestine was this one from Jeremiah:
They have treated the wound of my people carelessly, saying ‘peace, peace’ when there is no peace.
The violence in Gaza is overwhelming. Neither side is without fault. Pointing fingers will not help. What is [...]
46 reasons to be thankful
Posted in family on December 19, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Another year, another marker. Tomorrow is my birthday. Katie practiced singing “happy birthday” to me this morning – too fun! A friend of mine made a list of 30 things he was thankful for in celebration of his 30th bday. Great idea KDS! I’m blatantly stealing it but need to add a few more!
JP – partner [...]
Merry Christmas v. Happy Holidays: The Battle Continues
Posted in faith, musings, tagged evangelism, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas on December 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I have lived in three distinct parts of the United States: Southern California (ahhhh - Home Sweet Home!); the South (Atlanta and its ‘burbs) and now the Midwest (although it is still curious to me that Cleveland is the Midwest!). In each of these parts of the country, when December arrives, this argument begins. There are those who [...]
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Posted in PCUSA, musings, palestine/israel, tagged advent, Bethlehem, christmas, israel, palestine, Presbyterian Peacemaking Program, security fence, separation wall on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was an eery experience to pass through the security fence or separation wall to enter the city of Bethlehem. This picture of the wall speaks volumes – the city of Bethlehem is quite literally walled in. I don’t want to offend those who might view this situation differently, but my heart of late has been [...]
Tempted by Twitter
Posted in musings, tagged courage to teach, parker palmer, temptation, twitter on December 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
At the same time I’ve been working on this post, my friend wrote a post about how much she loves twitter. Go figure! She is a much more frequent blogger than I am. Okay, let’s be honest. She blogs and I kind of dabble! I’ve pondered signing up for Twitter and have been known to [...]
