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What Should I Write?
People have been encouraging me to write more for my blog. It is not for lack of want that I have been refraining from filling this site with articles. It is more confusion of what to write combined...
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Inspirational Words
These words need to be shared! Non-violent activist Bassem Tamimi’s address to Israel’s Ofer military court during his trial for organizing protests in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. A military...
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Anger and Hidden Secrets
The last three weeks I had been angry. I could feel it in my entire body. There were days my body tensed feeling the anger as if it were moving through my veins. I wanted to cry as a release … Continue...
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Let’s Go Fly A Kite
The kites flying over Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem create a mosaic of colour against the blue sky. Some are store-bought—bright pink, orange, green, and camouflage print. Others are homemade—black...
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Returning
At the beginning of July I got the joy of being able to visit family and friends in Canada. It was wonderful to celebrate friends’ weddings, celebrate Christmas in July with my family, visit with...
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Mennonites, Nonviolence, and Palestine
Nonviolence is at the core of the Mennonite faith. Through out the centuries Mennonites have adopted a spirit of nonviolence, as they work for global justice. We have come to learn that nonviolence is...
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Reflections on 9/11 and the decade after
Dear Readers, Today I am apparently overwhelmed with thoughts and emotions. Therefore this rambling (and ranting) blogpost has been written in two sections. All blogpost rules have been thrown out my...
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5 000 Sons and Daughters
Hello Friends, This is a blog post I started working on two weeks ago. At that time I was swamped with a group. So here it is. Maybe not as current as I like, but I sill think there are … Continue...
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We Teach Life
Dear Readers, So often in my work I get asked questions about teaching people to love or teaching people not to hate (as if that is all this ‘conflict’ is about). I have to be honest that something...
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We Exist and We Live Here
“We exist and we live here,” reads the large sheet draped between two olive trees at the Cremisan Monastery near Bethlehem. Children waving Palestinian flags run among the trees while four priests...
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In Search of Freedom
The village of Al Masara sits in the rolling Bethlehem hills. It’s a quiet farming village and it is not uncommon to see shepherds herd their goats through the narrow streets. Yet, what could be a...
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Who is willing to risk for Palestine?
It is the eve of the third Sunday of Advent. Bethlehem is aglow with Christmas lights. My tree is lit. Yet, instead of celebration I feel darkness overwhelming me. It is darkness of anger. And yet...
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A Year of Reading
Greetings Friends, While on my assignment I have been trying to keep up with reading and studying. As such I thought I would include my top reads of this year. These are in no particular order. Top 10...
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A Testing Ground
I grumble as I wait in the line of cars at the checkpoint. At least, there are only a few cars in front of me and the soldiers are moving quickly. As I approach the checkpoint, I roll down my …...
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Three Days in Gaza
As I try to write about my three days in Gaza, it is difficult to know where to begin or even how to articulate the experience. Thoughts of the journey come over flowing in my mind. I am overwhelmed...
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February’s Slammer
There is an Arabic proverb that says February’s slamming, beating, and thunder will bring summer’s sweet smell. Outside the wind howls while rain mixed with sleet splatters against the small house in...
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