Heather M. Surls

Say Trinity

Heather M. Surls wrestles with untamable glory and mystery.

Eric Paul

Israel’s Liturgy of Torture

Over the last week, thousands of Palestinians, Jews, and internationals protested the illegal and inhumane treatment of Palestinian prisoners.  800 Palestinian prisoners declared a one-day fast in protest of Israel’s detention policies, an act of solidarity with four men who continue an ongoing hunger strike calling an end to the unjust detention of Palestinians without […]

Tripp York

Support Israel Through NASCAR (Hey, Starr and Ellis, there’s hope!)

This is a real gem. America/Israel Racing . . . in a Toyota. Truly ecumenical. To think about what Mr. MacCaull says in the video, did Christians learn that they shouldn’t ‘turn their back on Israel’ after the creation of the State of Israel? It’s a curious phenomenon, right? Anti-Semitic for 2,000 years, but now […]

Eric Paul

Property and Unfreedom in the Negev

On July 24, 2010 I traveled with a group of peacemakers to the Bedouin village of Al-Arakib.  Located just north of Beer-Sheva in the Negev Desert, the Bedouin are indigenous Arabs with Israeli citizenship.  Forced off their land in 1948, many returned in the mid-1950’s only to be relocated to a restricted area called the […]

Pamela D. H. Cochran

Forgiveness as Generosity

Our film began with the father, Mohammed, saying–as means of explanation to his wife for why they were not leaving their house in spite of its occupation by Israeli soldiers–“Forgiveness is generosity.” This is a hard saying, as his family experienced, so difficult that his son could not do it. The question of my lecture […]