Palestine and Israel Posts

February 2, 2008

Many of you probably know this, but I spent the summer of 2005 in Egypt, Palestine and Israel. During that time, I kept a pretty active blog about my experience, but it was separate from pomomusings. I’ve recently imported in all of those entries and fixed all the photos. If you’re into browsing archives, these [...]

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Josh Keaney on the Kingdom of God

January 9, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Josh Keaney:
“The Kingdom of God is God’s vision for God’s creation and this vision is bigger than the Church.” This is what I tell the youth at my church when explaining the Kingdom of God because [...]

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Palestinian Unity Deal Under Way

February 16, 2007

It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything related to the Middle East, but to be honest, I haven’t been keeping up to speed. I had the privilege of having lunch with two people a few weeks ago, one who has lived in Palestine, and loved having the opportunity to share stories, experiences and talk about [...]

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$567.27 Raised for Palestinian families!

December 2, 2005

Thank you to all those who purchased CDs and donated money on behalf of Palestinian victims of house demolition in Bethlehem. In CD sales and donations (and one rather large last minute donation!), we raised $567.27. If you still want to purchase a CD (I have 4 more), just email me at cleave at gmail [...]

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A Palestinian Litany from Jerusalem

November 29, 2005

Just got back from a Prayer Vigil this evening; today is the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. The group on campus used a Palestinian Litany from Jerusalem, written by Bishop Munib A. Younan, the Lutheran Bishop in Jerusalem. I found it to be very powerful, and you can read it below:
++A PALESTINIAN [...]

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On this day of Thanksgiving…

November 24, 2005

I think perhaps Thanksgiving becomes more and more difficult the more one is exposed to the world. Anyone else think that may be true? I remember sitting around the table at home and we had to go around and share things we were thankful for: good food, family, health, a nice home - you know, [...]

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If we’re going to talk about torture….

November 17, 2005

A recent post on another blog accurately called for an end to torture.
I wholeheartedly agree. Torture is wrong and should never be used.
But if we are going to talk about torture, and if we are going to call for an end to torture based on human rights, we must call for an end to torture [...]

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The West Bank meets Clifton, NJ

September 29, 2005

Last night I had a great opportunity to eat Palestinian food again! A few nights ago, I received a phone call from my friend Nidal (pictured with me on the left) and he let me know he was in Clifton, NJ. Nidal lived two floors above me in Beit Sahour, in the West Bank this [...]

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Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Where is the Emergent voice?

August 19, 2005

So I’ve been thinking…and I’ve been thinking a lot about Israel and Palestine. Now, much of what I’ll say, please remember that I just spent the summer in Bethlehem, and so this issue is pretty close to me right now in many ways, and that’s why I’m paying extra attention to it recently. But I’ve [...]

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Disengagement [Thoughts from Palestine]

August 16, 2005

My friend Alyssa has some thoughts on the disengagement. Go here to read the full post; below is quote I found to be pretty perceptive:
Now it appears that this pullout merely means that Gaza will be a caged fight between the P.A. and those fed up with its practices. Now I realize this all sounds [...]

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