Today in our Christmas Eve services I asked the community to attend to the voices of those crying out in Palestine.
I offer here a few links:
An interview with Munther Isaac Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem
The piece I read as the sermon for Xmas Eve by Stephanie Saldaña
Follow Mitri Raheb on Facebook and read his most recent book Decolonizing Palestine
View the Christ in the Rubble liturgy of lament from Bethlehem
The Christmas Day and Eve services were poignant and thought provoking. I left both services teary eyed and thankful for a Pastor who cares so much for the people in Palestine who are suffering war, death and destruction, to base his sermon on their plight and remind the congregation to keep them in our prayers and thoughts. Prayers for peace and soon.