We find the way by walking together in the struggle
On August 26, Amgad Al-Mahalawi, my Palestinian friend, and his family had to flee their previously destroyed home in Gaza City.
Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, the head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, led a prayer vigil on Aug. 14, where he read the name of every child who has died in the conflict between Israel and Hamas since the start of the war in the Holy Land two years ago.
On the anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago, faith-based peace activists gathered at the Pentagon and the White House to call for nuclear disarmament and an end to war.
It is difficult to comprehend how over 18,000 Palestinian children have been killed in in Gaza in the last 21 months, but perhaps the story of one young girl will help us understand what these children have faced.
This month as I write again about fasting in solidarity with the people of Gaza, I feel more hope. It’s morbid, angry, and grief-ridden, but it’s hope.
About 300 Plain Mennonite youth and young adults gathered June 29 at Lime Rock Meetinghouse in Lancaster County, Pa., to hear teachings on Christian nonresistance.
