Something in me wasn’t settled. Not indigestion, but something that still made my stomach a bit weary. I first heard about this peacemaking mission to the Middle East over a year ago and have been sensing a calling to be part of it from the beginning. With deadlines coming down to the wire, I was …
Tag Archives: Israel/Palestine
My Role as a Kingdom Advocate in the Middle East
Milad is my friend and a modern day hero. He loves Jesus, his family and kids who are broken and in need of healing. He works two jobs to support a non-profit he and his wife run, which promotes peacemaking and reconciliation among the youth in the West Bank. Milad’s family is from Jerusalem, but …
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Travel as Pilgrimage
I recently read a book with an illustration that profoundly resonated with my life experience. The author (Paul F. Knitter) compares one’s inherited worldview (culture, tradition, geography, etc.) to that of a telescope. A telescope offers a beautiful and clear view of a few starts in the sky, but it fails to offer such a …
A Day in the Life of a Palestinian Revolutionary
I have enjoyed and been challenged by reading Burnside Writers Collective for the past 5+ years. BWC is “a Christian magazine presenting an alternative to franchise faith.“ It has Donald Miller roots and this past week I had the honor of having written the feature article. The article tells the story of one of our …
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Israel Diaries # 7: Samaria and West Bank
Just because we are back in Santa Cruz doesn’t mean we have stopped processing our time in Israel and Palestine. In fact, our time shattered and expanded our worldview is such a way that will force us to continue processing and wrestling through the experiences and stories for along time to come. Our time in …
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