I’m reading an amazing book for my graduate certificate program in Religion, Peace and Justice. Here’s great quote on a plumbline for the practice of contemplation. “When pummeled by too many thoughts a long walk would cure me of the punch-drunk feeling of lifelessness. The normal route led along openContinue Reading
For over 50% of humanity and three major monotheistic religions this piece of real-estate matters. We’re talking about Israel-Palestine or what many have called the Holy Land. The world’s Christian and Muslim populations combined are 3.6 of 6.8 billion of the world’s population. While much smaller, the 13-14 million JewsContinue Reading
“Let him who cannot be alone beware of community… Let him who is not in community beware of being alone… Each by itself has profound perils and pitfalls. One who wants fellowship without solitude plunges into the void of words and feelings, and the one who seeks solitude without fellowshipContinue Reading
The city of Hebron represents for me, in microcosm, all the elements of the Israel-Palestine conflict due to its importance to both Jews and Muslims, and the many incidents that have occurred here in the modern conflict. It is a city that is divided up, even to the point ofContinue Reading