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The Image of Jerusalem

The escalation of violence continues here with some calling this a Third Intifada. Violence...

With all that is going on in the Middle East where religion is used by many players to justify...

I write to you from the “Gathering Place” in Talca, Chile, the Shalom Center’s primary...

Spring conjures up the image of coming out of the cold darkness of winter into the warmth and light...

We are Andy Jepson and Lindley Kinerk from central New Hampshire volunteering in Sri Lanka for what...

Today I dug out my 1996 journal from the box in my closet. I am re-reading the entries from my...

Easter is upon us and the Christmas holidays of 2015 are a far distant memory. Yet, I would like...

A mission group arrived on Friday. This group was different! They looked just like other groups who...

I met S two weeks after her arrival. She was scared. She was tired. She was frustrated. She was...

A good chunk of my work as an Ecumenical Officer involves translating—translating of...

“Go where your best prayers take you.” - Frederick Buechner Tim and I were living and working...

There is an education crisis in South Africa. The pass rate nationally for secondary students is...

Lectionary Selection: John 21:1-19 Prayers for the Democratic Republic of the Congo:Gracious...

Lectionary Selection: John 20:19-31 Prayers for Paraguay:Thank you, God, for greeting us every day...

A little over one year has passed since I arrived in Lesotho, the Mountain Kingdom. From a passing...