EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel writes about his time in Gaza earlier this year. An early morning in March in Gaza. At the end of my three-day visit there, I am on my way to the checkpoint to return to Jerusalem. The streets are strangely, unusually quiet. It is Friday, prayer day, everything is closed, […]
EPF PIN member Vicki Gray reflects on her time at Standing Rock. When did it start? What does it all mean? How are we called to respond? We’re talking, of course, about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that snakes 1,700 miles from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota to southern Illinois and that, if […]
EPF PIN member Tinka Perry reflects on the Nakba, commemorated in May, and an artwork she saw at the Native American Museum in Santa Fe after the EPF PIN leadership retreat in February. This week I have been acutely aware of the Nakba anniversary. Over the past 4 years I have been learning more and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
