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Living the Gospel: Some Concluding Reflections from Harry Gunkel on EPF PIN’s education work group and friends time in Palestine/Israel

Our journey has ended and we're all back home in the US. It's only been a few days but I've been in touch with some companions and we're all struggling with re-entry. It's nice to be home, and those of us with spouses, kids and grandkids are happy to be reunited. But some of us […]

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I am so proud to be Palestinian

Editor’s note: EPF PIN’s education work group and friends were in Gaza 27-29 April. Harry Gunkel reflects on one day trip.   "I am so proud to be Palestinian" "Saed" is speaking. He is 23 years old, married, and is driving us to some project sites we are visiting in Gaza. Saed's English is very […]

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On the Ground in Palestine/Israel: Personal Reflections from Members of EPF PIN’s Education Work Group and Friends

The delegation is wrapping up its time in Palestine/Israel. Here are some reflections from two members of the group. Look for more after their return to the US. Arrival: I lived in Ramallah for three years and it feels wonderful to be "home". Everything seems much the same. But that is not a good thing […]

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EPF PIN offers an alternate vision to the interfaith pilgrimage model of General Convention 2012’s Resolution B019: Standing against Injustice

**We invite Episcopalians to click on the widget below to Sign our Petition** [emailpetition id="2"]   Full text of the petition: During the Christmas just past, most of us will have sung: “Oh, little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie” or “o come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem” But Bethlehem has […]

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Reflections on our trip to Gaza, December 2014

 EPF PIN members and long-time workers with Sabeel Maurine and Bob Tobin, recently spent a day in Gaza.  Here is their report. Having read countless reports and viewed endless photos and YouTube videos, we thought we were prepared for what we would see on our visit to Gaza in early December 2014. But the reality […]

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The difference between comedy and tragedy is “then”~ Lynn W. Huber

EPF PIN member Lynn Huber was part of a Compassionate Listening delegation to Palestine/Israel earlier this year.  She continues reflecting on what she experienced through current events on the ground.   Today I read an article in Time Magazine by Joe Klein entitled “Burned Books in the Holy Land: Jewish and Arab parents watch as […]

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Kairos Palestine Christmas Alert 2014 -from EPF PIN’s education work group

Kairos Palestine, the initiative that sprang up out of the inspirational Kairos Palestine Document of 2009, has issued its annual "Christmas Alert.” The introduction to the Alert offers an invitation for Christians and people everywhere to get involved in five specific ways: With this Christmas Alert, we are asking you to turn the tide by […]

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To whom do we listen? Voices from Oregon on Divestment

The Diocese of Oregon considered and passed this resolution on divestment at their diocesan convention the weekend of 14 November 2014: Resolution IV: Substitute Resolution in Support of Palestinian Human Rights RESOLVED, that the Diocese of Oregon reaffirm its call first issued at the 123rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon to its churches […]

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To whom do we listen? Voices from California on Divestment

Warren Wong sent this prayer and says, "This was the prayer offered by Scott Pomerenk, chaplain for California's General Convention deputation. Many felt this help set the tone and open hearts during our deliberation and vote last month." Lord, your servants Abraham and Sarah showed hospitality to your messengers in the desert.  May we be […]

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Breaking A Generation

EPF PIN member Maurine Tobin of Maine writes about Breaking A Generation - The Israeli Occupation: Its Damage to Palestinian Children, Its Cost to Israeli Children Sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America and Tree of Life Educational Fund, this powerful conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 1 addressed from many angles the trauma inflicted […]

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To whom do we listen? Voices from Hawaii on Divestment

The Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii held its diocesan convention 24-25 October 2014 at which they considered a resolution one of whose resolves stated: recognizing our Church’s investments in certain companies may be supporting the infrastructure of the Occupation, we embrace Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s observation that the powerful will only come to the negotiating table if […]

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Statement from Palestinian Christian Leaders: Europe Must Recognize the State of Palestine

October 2014 In a Middle East region that continues to suffer from the consequences of violence, the people of Palestine continue to live under occupation and in exile. Palestinian Christians, the descendants of the first Christians, are an integral part of the Palestinian people, continue to suffer, just like our Palestinian Muslim and Samaritan brothers […]

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