The death toll in Gaza is nearly 25 000 which includes over 10 000 children and there are over 62 000 wounded in Gaza. I am reposting an Open Letter written by a small group of grad students and clergy. Please do sign this Open Letter and share it widely.
My co-edited book, Christianity in North America with Drs. Todd Johnson and Ken Ross was released in the summer. It is volume 7 in Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity and each volume covers a different part of the world. It was tremendous joy to work with Todd and Ken on this volume and I hope that you can all order a copy for your libraries.
Below is my new opinion piece for Baptist News Global: “Advent, Gaza and the coming of Christ”. Please feel free to repost or share this new piece on Advent.
As the cold winter months are upon us and we are now approaching the third Sunday of Advent, we want to stop and reflect upon the coming of Christ into a broken and destructive world.
Below is my newest piece for Baptist News Global, “On Building walls”. Please do read and share my piece on what is happening in Palestine.
A Palestinian youth walks past the painting of a dove of peace wearing a flak-jacket which is widely attributed to be by British artist Banksy on a wall in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. The illusive Banksy is thought to have created a number of works on walls in the biblical West Bank town as part of a project the artist began in 2005, including a number on Israel’s separation barrier. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)