Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four you will find in books, and one you will find in the Land they call Holy. Read the Fifth Gospel and the world of the Four will open to you. Bargil Pixner OSB, Jerusalem 1992. We set up 5th Gospel Retreats in 2006 in solidarity with the Christians of the Middle East, working for justice and peace in the Holy Land.

Accompany me on my travels as I experience, learn, serve, process, gripe, and grow. Wednesday, April 20, 2011. A Brief Tour of Hebron. Over the fall, I participated in the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, living in the West Bank in the city of Hebron. While there, I worked with a team to help provide protective presence to vulnerable communities, monitor and report human rights abuses, and support Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace. Because of these graves of .

My colleague and I received a call one morning. Trees planted by Palestinian farmers the previous day on their land had been pulled out. We were asked to accompany the farmers near Beit Umar as they returned to their land today to finish planting their olive trees. 85 year old Palestinian woman helping plant olive trees.

Gunned Down at Age 10. Posted by A Mosaic For Peace. Part of the main street of the al Fawwar Refugee Camp. Another portion of the main street of the al Fawwar Refugee Camp. But none of this can excuse what happened one Sunday morning in August.

Monday, May 11, 2009. Sunday, August 10, 2008. Það verður augljósara með hverjum deginum að ísraelsk stjórnvöld hafa enga heilsteypta stefnu og hafa ekki hugmynd um hvað þeir ætla sér í málefnum hertekinnar Palestínu. Svo virðist sem að aðal markmið stjórvalda sé að gera líf Palestínumanna eins ómögulegt og unnt er án þess þó að almenningur innan og utan Ísraels geri sér grein fyrir því. Mjög lúmskt og hægt þjóðarmorð. Og það með fullri vitneskju ísraelska hersins.

What Can You Do? Ike many Americans and many Jews, I grew up with a positive view of Israel as a peace-seeking democracy. Israel symbolized to me the one protection that Jews had against the type of persecution that had plagued families like mine throughout history. I saw the Jewish state as a tiny and victimized country that simply wanted to live in peace but couldn t because of its aggressive, Jew-hating Arab neighbors. Take Action for Hares Boys.

Random ideas, musings and stuff I like. A little bit about Ann. Saturday, January 4, 2014.

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