Back in another time and place when I was part of a ministry team in Cranhill in Glasgow, along with many other Priority Area teams, we needed help. The communication in and between our team was fractious and difficult. We were not getting along well and we were not performing well. Christian love – agape-Continue reading “Never Doubt…”
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Hope is a flickering candle
One of the things I do here in Tiberias is offer hospitality to members of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme (EAPPI) of the World Council of Churches. These are people who come from all over the world to stand as witness and to record violations of international law in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. TheyContinue reading “Hope is a flickering candle”
Reasonableness
For the past thirty weeks hundreds of thousands of Israelis have protested on the streets of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere about the Israeli government’s proposed legislation about the Supreme Court and the so-called Reasonableness Standard which was passed 64-0 by the Knesset on 24th July 2023. While there has been some activity in supportContinue reading “Reasonableness”
Women vital in peacemaking
UN Resolution 1325 is not well known. But it is revolutionary. It was agreed unanimously by the UN security council on 20th October 2000, and it recognizes both the disproportionate effect of war and violence on women, and the absence of women in peace talks and negotiations around the globe. Twenty three years later itContinue reading “Women vital in peacemaking”
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Two Walks
Flag Day. The authorities prepared for it by drafting in 3000 extra Police and troops. Palestinians dread it as the route of the walk is through the Muslim Quarter of the Old City and even more provocative, on previous Flag Days Zionist extremists have ‘walked’ the Al Aksa compound, the disputed Temple Mount. This yearContinue reading “Two Walks”
The Holy Land and Us: Part 2?
Sarah Agla Rob Rinder If you haven’t yet watched ‘The Holy Land and Us: Our Untold Stories’ fronted and narrated by Rob Rinder and Sarah Agla and available on iPlayer, it is worth watching. Rinder and Agla, along with two more citizen journalists per episode explore their family histories from a Jewish and Palestinian perspective.Continue reading “The Holy Land and Us: Part 2?”
Demonstrations and Democracy
Thousands of protesters rally in Jerusalem on March 27, 2023 against the government’s plan for judicial overhaul. (Gili Yaari/NurPhoto via Getty Images) For the past 14 weeks in Israel there have been growing protests against proposed changes to the legal system, particularly to the Supreme Court, which will weaken the power of the judiciary andContinue reading “Demonstrations and Democracy”
Holding a Space
I have not written anything here in my blog for some time. I recently read in someone else’s blog something like this: ‘When I’d been here (in Israel) a couple of days I had pages to write. After a week or so, I could write one page. Now I understand how complicated everything is andContinue reading “Holding a Space”
Hospitality
For the recent AGM of The Friends of St Andrews Jerusalem and Tiberias I produced a short video introducing myself and my role. I am very pleased the new committee of the The Friends has recruited some new folk and look forward to working with them. Production values for the video show room for improvement,Continue reading “Hospitality”
Stepping out of the boat... 