“Dear Pastor Mitri”, said the message inside the Christmas card, “I am 81 years of age and have visited your country twice before. Christians in Scotland do not forget you and we are praying that God will bless and encourage you in the difficulties that face you every day in Bethlehem.” As part of the [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Making prayer visible
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged Al Shurooq School for Blind Children, Bethlehem, Christmas cards, Church of Scotland, Doaud Nassar, Faten Nastas, Invest in Peace, L’Arche Bethlehem, Lutheran Christmas Church, Ma’an Lil-Hayat, postie, scotland, St Andrew's church, Tent of Nations, Wi’am Conflict Resolution Center, World Mission Council on December 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Parallel Lines?
Posted in Church of Scotland, tagged chaos, city centre, Edinburgh, integrated, Jerusalem, peace, tram, tramlines, transport on December 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I need first to interpret this photograph for my friends in Edinburgh. This moving object with all the people inside is indeed a new tram. And I know my friends will not believe me, but for Edinburgh, as has happened recently for Jerusalem, a time will come when trams move, and people are carried! In [...]