Below are posts associated with the âGazaâ tag.
đ bookblog: Christ in the Rubble: Faith, the Bible, and the Genocide in Gaza (â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸)
This was a hard book to read, but Iâm glad I did. Munther is a Palestinian Christian pastor, and his holy anger and hurt in this book really spoke to me. However, I have a lot of internalized resistance to what he has to say, and things feel so big, and I spent a lot of the book tensing up and feeling overwhelmed. I feel called to repentance by this book, and Iâm glad I read it before next weekâs Community of Christ World Conference, where a resolution standing against Christian Zionism will be debated.
đ linkblog: Palestinian deaths in Gaza rise above 50,000 as Israel expands its military campaign
50,000 is roughly as much as all students, faculty, and staff at the University of Kentucky. The whole university gone.
đ linkblog: âGod Is Under the Rubble in Gazaâ: Bethlehemâs Subdued Christmas - The New York Times'
Again, whatâs going on isnât bad because it happens to touch on things significant to Christians, and itâs bad when Christians only care about Palestine and Israel because it fits with their religious worldview. Yet, it would be a missed opportunity to talk about Bethlehem this Christmas season without asking about the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza, and how to make a better world for everyone there.
đ linkblog: With war raging in Gaza, Christmas in Bethlehem has been canceled : NPR'
As Iâve written before, Iâm skeptical when Christians see the Middle East uniquely through the particularities of our beliefs and traditionâthereâs so many ways that can (and does) go wrong. Yet, if weâre going to sing and preach about Bethlehem this year, we ought to use modern Bethlehem to get us thinking about a better world for the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza.
Bethlehem in the Nativity and in the West Bank
Earlier this year, I read Guy Delisleâs excellent comic Chroniques de JĂŠrusalem twice in the course of two months. I began by finally checking out the English translation from a local library to give it a try (I like Delisle, but Iâd had trouble getting into this particular comic in the past). Then, as I was getting into it, my brother-in-law texted me from New York to say he was stopping by a local French bookstore and ask if I wanted anything.
đ linkblog: Gaza Civilians, Under Israeli Barrage, Killed at Historic Pace - The New York Times'
I had been reading and thinking about non-violence for months before the 2023 Israel-Hamas war started, but its outbreak is making me more committed to the idea than any abstract philosophical argument.
Iâm more inclined than ever before to believe that military force can never be justified, and I think thatâs especially true in cases where civilians are deliberately targeted (or allowed to be caught in the attack). Hamasâs attack on Israeli civilians is unjustifiable, the IDFâs seeming disregard for Gazan civilians is unjustifiable, the U.
đ bookblog: â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ for Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City, by Guy Delisle
I have been a fan of Delisleâs for quite some time, but Iâm still blown away by how good this is. The book isnât political or polemical, but a slice-of-life comic done by a cartoonist living in East Jerusalem for a year brings walls, checkpoints, rockets, and attacks on Gaza to life in a subtle, compelling way. I used to follow this news a lot more, and Delisle made me feel like there was a lot I missed even then.