Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
Day Fourteen: Mystery Revealed
Posted by: revjmk on: February 17, 2012
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It’s hard not to be captivated by the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The stunning gold dome and blue tile stand out boldly against the creamy white Jerusalem stone everywhere else, and its beauty is unparalleled in the city. I was fascinated before I even arrived. Having read so much about the history of [...]
Day Ten: Courage and Peace
Posted by: revjmk on: February 8, 2012
By the time we finished Hana Bendcowsky’s tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, we were on information overload and sensory overstimulation. Thankfully, it was time to go to lunch. We didn’t realize, however, that our lunch was going to be an even more worshipful, insightful, emotional time—and would last well into the afternoon. [...]
Pilgrimage: Day One
Posted by: revjmk on: January 27, 2012
We have arrived! We travelled from Louisville to Newark, then from Newark to Tel Aviv. At the airport in Tel Aviv, our tour bus picked us up for a two-hour bus ride to the Sea of Galilee. From home to hotel, my travel time was exactly 25 hours, and we crossed seven time zones. We [...]
Book Review: The Lemon Tree
Posted by: revjmk on: January 7, 2012
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan, Bloomsbury, 2006, 364 pp. Many, many thanks to my friend Caela for recommending this book. It was great preparation for my pilgrimage to the Holy Land in just a few short weeks, and the story was so compelling [...]
Book Review: To the End of the Land
Posted by: revjmk on: January 6, 2012
To the End of the Land by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, 577 pp. This novel is absolutely stunning in its depth, beauty, profound characters, emotional contours, and intricate portrayal of the personal impact of war. It feels almost like a betrayal of its thick interweaving of words and images [...]
Book Review: God’s Land on Loan
Posted by: revjmk on: January 5, 2012
God’s Land on Loan: Israel, Palestine and the World by W. Eugene March, Westminster John Knox Press, 2007, 131 pp. This is another book I am reading as part of the Macedonian Ministries program. People devote lifetimes to understanding the complex intertwining of present-day living, history, scripture and theology that shape the Holy Land of [...]
Book Review: I Am a Palestinian Christian
Posted by: revjmk on: November 5, 2011
I Am a Palestinian Christian by Mitri Raheb, Fortress Press, 1995, 164 pp. This is the first in a series of books I am reading in preparation for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land this January and February. (I fully expect to blog the experience, so you’ll be hearing more. It’s a journey for pastors [...]
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I am a full-time pastor in the United Church of Christ, mother of a preschooler (B.), married to an aspiring academic and curmudgeon (J.). I live by faith, intuition and intellect. I follow politics, football and the Boston Red Sox. I like to talk about progressive issues, theological concerns, church life, the impact of technology and media, pop culture and books.
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