One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
One who journeys without being changed is a nomad. One who changes without going on a journey is a chameleon. One who journeys and is transformed by that journey is a pilgrim. --Mark Nepo The EPF PIN-led delegation to Palestine has completed its time there. All the pilgrims have returned to their homes in the […]
My First Pilgrimage of Companionship to Jerusalem, Gaza and Palestine: Some Wonderings We have been here for three days and my spirit is on overload. The sights and sounds and smells that surround me heighten all of my senses as I pass through the Damascus Gate into old Jerusalem for the first time. Holy sites, […]
October 15, 2019 Jerusalem The olive trees that line its streets are filled with ripening olives. The distinctive tan limestone used in the Old City wall and many other buildings produces a certain soft uniformity to the architecture dating back centuries. And the food is amazing. Lots of hummus, baba ganoush, mujadura, za’atar, tabbouleh. It’s […]
IN JERUSALEM “There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.” Wendell Berry Being in Jerusalem is living in the prosaic Best of Times/Worst of Times. The anticipation of a thrilling spiritual experience quickly becomes a troubling moral struggle. Jerusalem is surely one of the world's most singular places, a […]
This fall, Palestine advocates in Rochester, NY, will host the eighth annual Witness Palestine Film Festival. From October 14 – November 9, the festival will present five films and will end with a Celebrate Palestine event. The first of the films will be shown at St John Fisher College. The other four will be screened […]
Periodically we lift up work being done at the grassroots. This week, it’s the Bishop’s Committee for Israel/Palestine of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. Thanks to our friend and colleague Cabby Tennis for connecting us with this committee. From their website: “The Bishop’s Committee for Israel/Palestine is a special committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia. We […]
Editor’s Note: Resolution C018 Pursue Justice, Peace and Security in the Holy Land, passed at this year’s General Convention, resolved 'That the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church express its solidarity with and support for Christians in Israel and the Occupied Territories.’ EPF PIN member Randy Heyn-Lamb from the Diocese of Los Angeles lifts […]
EPF PIN member Tinka Perry reflects on her time in Palestine/Israel with Episcopal Relief and Development. I returned last week from a trip to Jordan, Palestine and Israel with Episcopal Relief & Development, and I am still trying to process everything. We saw sites where Episcopal Relief & Development is helping to heal a hurting […]
Editor’s note: A US consular official commented to the group with whom I was traveling, many years ago, that if we did not get intellectual indigestion on our trip, someone was not doing their job well. This was my first trip to Israel or Palestine, and although I had been reading about the conflict […]
Editor’s Note: Dick Toll reflects on the time in Jerusalem, Bi’lin and Hebron. We eight intrepid adventurers - members and friends of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network - set off to Israel/Palestine on 18 April 2015. We had studied over the past year articles and books on the conflict in the Holy […]
