Things You Might Not Know

Here in the place where I live, the population is old. That’s the nature of life in a retirement village. But none of us were always old. We have been places and done things. We have stories to tell. Lately I have been asked by several different groups to talk about what is happening in […]

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Can I Keep Learning?

  A couple of years ago while consciously thinking about how to help myself grow old, I realized that it was really important to me to keep learning. This was partly recognition that learning had something to do with my brain health, and that I would need my brain when my legs were already worn […]

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What to Do When I Can’t Do What I Want to Do

Two weeks ago everything was coming up roses for me and my new book. Though the existence of a new virus for which the world was ill-prepared had shown its ugly face in Seattle, I was getting on an airplane headed for the far side of the country, excited about every author’s dream—a book tour. […]

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Two Mayors Traveling to Washington, Let’s Just Make Sure They Are Heard

“The mayors of Bethlehem and Wadi Foquin are traveling to Washington, D.C. to tell Congress how illegal Israeli settlement expansion impacts the daily life of Palestinians in their communities. You can help make sure their voices are heard! Contact your members of Congress and ask them to attend the Tuesday, November 14 Hill Briefing “Israeli Settlements, Bethlehem […]

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Remember to Pray for Gaza

  Because no bombs are falling, most of us assume that there is some kind of peace in Gaza; that is, if we think of Gaza at all.  Not so. On July 21 the Jewish Voice for Peace reported how a silent war continues on this densely populated and isolated little strip of land that […]

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Remember Yemen

If you are a praying person: Remember Yemen. Recent reports from several news sources tell us that in Yemen, the poorest nation in the Arab world, one of the poorest in the world, seven million civilians are threatened by a developing famine. In addition there is a cholera epidemic that has already infected 300,000 people, […]

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A Personal Letter

  This is a very personal letter to those of you who followed my blog last year. Some of you will remember receiving an email (which I did not post) telling you that I was taking a break for an indefinite period of time because of the serious illness of my husband. Subsequently, the suspicion […]

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Wanted: A President in Pursuit of Peace

 Before you read this article, I want you to know that I wrote with some ignorance and what I have said is inaccurate at one point. Because I want to stand by my conclusion and preserve the truth about how I reached it, I have decided to post the piece as I wrote it and […]

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My Friend Ghassan, A Lebanese Story

The story is contributed by Dr. David King When I first met him, Ghassan Khalaf was a lanky 19 year-old with a fifth grade education who had applied to study at the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary where I served as teacher and dean of students. Our seminary president, Dr. Finlay Graham, had asked me to […]

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