…“Papa”) to talk about peace. This during a time when Christians in the Middle East in particular are facing horrible persecution by Islamic extremists. He chose Istanbul for its symbolism…
What? Dad was gone? To give Pope Francis some Turkish Delight? Read More »
…‘yes.’ ‘Yes, you have done a fine job, and congratulations, and peace be on you all and Hannah.’ She is the seven-year-old Ugandan we’ve fostered in our Mukono home for…
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…Orient Express, that legendary locomotive of opulence and intrigue immortalized by Agatha Christie. Read More → Ugandans choose peace over honesty March 6, 2006 Ugandans are happy with leaders who…
…standing his ground on the ironically-named Avenue of Eternal Peace, became an iconic image. Several weeks prior, tens of thousands of university students across China had started walking peacefully towards…
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…the mail.” One of the many wild items that crossed my desk while editing the Yemen Times. “Assalaam alaykum achree.” A common Arabic greeting meaning, ‘Peace be upon your brother.’…
…said. Why are Muslims – not terrorists, but common Muslims in this or that country – so radically misinterpreting their faith? If Islam is a religion of peace, and I…
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…he really longed, the home any of us really want, a home of peace and acceptance. And now he has left us, sunk at sea. This is the nub of…
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…our own war, not to conquer any person or place but a war to somehow live at peace in our own humanity, if not with the news of the day,…
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…can get murdered for no good reason, so can I. And if you don’t have peace and joy and freedom, neither, really, can I. We’re all in this together. Somehow….
Tim Bosma’s funeral: a bittersweet day Read More »
…of the main. For better or worse, we’re all stuck in this human brokenness together. As war and bitterness can touch one, it can touch all, even as peace and…
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