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Cultivate Seattle: a one-day conference on peacemaking & mission (discount!)
Having just returned from a peacemaking trip to Israel/Palestine, under the leadership of the Global Immersion Project, I’m thrilled to have them in my city! I’m hoping you will come hang out with us...
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The Art of Resistance: Banksy, Remembering, & Hope Beyond Occupation...
In what follows I offer another reflection based on my time in Israel/Palestine with The Global Immersion Project. What a life-changing time and a life-changing organization to be connected to. I can’t...
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We Refuse to be Enemies: The Next Dr. King or Gandhi lives in Palestine
Over the past couple of months I’ve occasionally posted my reflections from an experience I had with The Global Immersion Project. If you want to read other reflections, check out: “A Land Without a...
View ArticleWhen you are Pissed Off, Put that Energy Elsewhere
Have you ever been pissed off? I realize that this is crude langauge for some, but it’s authentic language. Sometimes we are angered in a way that makes our blood boil. What are those anger-triggers...
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Hookah & the Gospel of Reconciliation: Loving Muslim Neighbors
Many of you know that a few months ago I had the unique opportunity to visit the Holy Land with The Global Immersion Project a few months ago. We went with the intentional posture of learners, hearing...
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If Shane Claiborne had a Jewish Brother: gardens, reconciliation, & hope
Taken outside of Yad Vashem“I no longer want to see others as humans. I want to learn to see others as brothers, sisters, mothers, & fathers.” – Rabbi Shaul David JudelmanA few months ago I...
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Resources for Understanding the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – Today and...
As many of you know, this past winter I visited Israel/Palestine with The Global Immersion Project. With TGIP I was guided into hope and pain, peace and violence. I still see much hope, but the events...
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The Israel-Gaza Conflict has Names and Faces: Hearing Voices from Both Sides...
Over the past several weeks, my heart has grieved the violence taking place in Gaza. Hamas hurts the cause of all Palestinians when they shoot their homemade rockets over the wall at innocent civilians...
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Why Christians Should Care About Hebron in the West Bank
Taken from the Palestinian market, the fencing was installed to protect shoppers from debris, often thrown down by Israeli settlers above. The wall up above, is a barrier between a settlement (Israeli...
View ArticleGiving Up on Nonviolence: For Those Who Want to Believe Peace is Possible
The more I watch the news, scroll through my Twitter and Facebook feeds, and listen to NPR, the more I wonder if peace is possible. The idea that we are progressing as a human race is simply folly....
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