Telling Your Own Story
Carroll High School, Jimmy Carter’s Iran Hostage Crisis, Definition of ‘Palestinian’ One of the things that Critical Studies (that’s right, Critical Race Studies, Critical Gender Studies, and the like) has…
Rev. Graylan Hagler Asks Supporters of Israel: “Isn’t it about time to break your silence?”
Graylan Hagler and I have known each other for at least a dozen years. He was our guest speaker for our 2018 Annual ICMEP Commemoration of the UN’s Universal Declaration…
Perspectives on Israeli Apartheid and Extremism from two Jewish Voices of Conscience
Dear friends, I want to highlight two recent articles from American Jewish voices of conscience. Along with The Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss comes into my InBox every morning. It is a…
Radically Mennonite
The following is a sermon offered by Michael Spath on Feb. 5, 2023, at Emmaus Road Mennonite Fellowship in Berne, IN. You are the salt of the earth; but if…
What Is Theologically Significant About National Borders?
“What is theologically significant about national borders?” “What might the Christian theological tradition have to offer on the subject of national borders?” That was the question posed to me by…
Status Confessionis or “How Did the Progressive Church Become M. L. King’s ‘White Moderates’”?
I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am…
Biden in Israel Was Trump With a Smile
There is so much that I found offensive about President Joe Biden’s recent trip to the Middle East, but I wanted to wait a week so I could cool off….
What Makes Power Great
POWER: “the capacity and extent to which one can influence the behavior and beliefs of another.“ In discussing the current political and religious climate, I have often mentioned that the…
Palestine-Israel Solidarity Tour 2022 Update
Dear friends in Fort Wayne and around the country, We are approximately halfway through our solidarity tour to Palestine and Israel. And we have had a very full last few days. …
Notes to My Travelers on Our 15th Solidarity Tour
When you read this, I will be in Jerusalem traveling with 18 people in Palestine and Israel after a three-year COVID hiatus. We have now surpassed 250 people from within…