International Peace Day caused me to discover something very interesting that I will share with you in this article. I tried more than usual that day to think about the things that create peace. I am not the only one who struggles with this issue, of course. There are some wonderful people and organizations making […]
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David Hale, the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon, will reach the end of his term of service within a few days and has been confirmed as ambassador to Pakistan. The State Department has appointed no one to take his place in Lebanon. On August 22 the Beirut Daily Star suggested that the failure to appoint […]
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Today, I am told is International Peace Day. My daughter, Jan Fuller, senior chaplain at Elon University, has raised this question: “What can I do today to promote peace?” So I am thinking. The reason we never make peace, I think, is that we wait until violence breaks out and then we think about it, […]
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Another September 11. What to do with it? Already 10:15 in the morning and I realize that this should be a day of introspection. A day of deliberately ignoring those who have hurt us and looking in at ourselves. This thing happened 14 years ago today, and it changed us. We know we will not be […]
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In The News . . . Frances Fuller, Author Of Book About Lebanon, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, Issues Open Letter To Barack Obama About Middle East Refugees Frances Fuller’s award-winning memoir, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, gives readers a penetrating glimpse of the Middle East from the inside. She puts a face on the Middle East many Americans […]
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