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Blinders are such a hassle. Unless you’re a race horse, I guess.
K2 read to me the story Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. tonight as I tucked her into bed. Tomorrow we leave for Washington, D.C. for the inauguration. She reads with great inflection for an eight year [...]
Archive for the ‘palestine/israel’ Category
Blinders
Posted in faith, family, palestine/israel, politics, tagged Gaza, hope, Inauguration, israel, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin's Big Words on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Moving beyond the violence
Posted in PCUSA, faith, musings, palestine/israel, politics on January 9, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I can’t quite wrap my head around the numbers: one third of the dead in Gaza are children. I’m sure the numbers of Israeli children killed over the course of the never ending bloodshed in the Middle East is equally distressing. In the midst of all the horrific news I heard a brief conversation between [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
From Judgment to Wonder
Posted in faith, musings, palestine/israel, tagged Christine Kane, New Year's Resolutions, Wonder on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Last December I met a wonderful colleague who pastors a UCC church in the Charlotte area. She shared with me her mantra-of-sorts that she uses when she finds herself dumbfounded by the choices people make, the situation surrounding her – life in general!:
Turn from judgment to wonder
I love that phrase and, I must say, it did [...]
Nurturing my soul
Posted in musings, palestine/israel, poetry, tagged musings, poetry on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been working hard at caring for myself – creating space to be, journaling, walking (dang foot is still keeping me from running) and reading poetry… I can remember A’s love of poetry when I was in high school. She was one of the significant adults in my life – youth group advisor, tennis teacher [...]
