I have found the Gallipoli poem. It is addressed first of all to the dead soldiers, and then to their mothers. “To you heroes who shed your blood, and lost your lives:You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country, therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Remembrance 2
Posted in Church of Scotland on November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Remembrance
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged ANZACs, Be’er Sheva, cemetery, Church of Scotland, Commonwealth War Graves, IDF, Jerusalem, remembrance, umbrellas on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It was early morning in Jerusalem and I was standing in the balcony looking down on the nearby walkway, and enjoying the first rain we have had since – was it as long ago as February? But there was something odd. At first, I couldn’t quite grasp what it was. And then I realised what [...]
The real enemy is poverty
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged Church of Scotland, creche, EAPPI, hope, Jayyous, The Guild on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Life here can sometimes be very dispiriting. I regularly visit partner organisations in the West Bank and at most times people are buoyant and can somehow manage to articulate the paradoxical ‘hope where there is no hope’. At other times you know that everyone is very low, and you realise this is the grinding down [...]
