On the Fourth of July my husband and I happened to be in Dallas, Texas, where we were visiting a young couple from Lebanon. We have known the wife since she was a cute little seven year old. Now she has a hospitable husband and two handsome little boys. That evening we all drove […]
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Memorial Day is a perfect time to commend and defend the soldiers whom we as a country have burdened with tasks risky to their bodies and souls. It goes without saying that, if our country is at war then the people on the front edge of executing that war deserve our love. This does not […]
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In the last ten or more years of her life my mother was quite deaf. The results of her deafness were fascinating once I learned to step back and think about them. First, she tended to fill her silence by talking a lot, a thing she had never done before. Second, she interrupted other […]
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This morning, April 26, I opened the online Beirut Daily Star and looked for items of special interest to me. The one that caught my eye was an opinion piece headlined like this: “A manifesto to end our dysfunctional politics.” I jumped on this article quickly, eager to learn how Lebanon is going to […]
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On the same day that the disastrous flood waters snatched people away in Houston, I saw a picture of a rainbow. The two together caused me to open my Bible and read again the story of Noah and the great flood. Virtually every tribe on earth has a flood story, not exactly the same but […]
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On International Women’s Day it occurred to me that I should write a story about a Middle Eastern woman, a story that would be a tribute to the brave and noble women of our world. Then I become indecisive, knowing so many women— smart women, strong women, abused and used women, courageous, creative, happy […]
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An answer to the soldier (and 364 others who read my confession): Two weeks ago I posted a blog called: Bombs in Brussels, Drones in the Middle East, the Confessions of a Coward. For three days afterwards my website was visited frequently. A great many readers “liked” the article. Some thanked me on facebook, […]
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(Last night I finished this article, though I intended to post something else, a cheerful guest blog, on my website today. This morning I woke to the news of another savage terror attack in Brussels. Now both my reader and I are horrified by the descriptions of headless bodies, people who suddenly have no legs, […]
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Adam Shoemaker, born Muslim and Jewish, is a Christian. In his own person he has struggled with problems that tear the Middle East, America and the world, giving him a unique and instructive view of religious diversity. His wisdom offers all of us a spiritual path toward peace. I am grateful for the opportunity to […]
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Today I posted on Amazon a review of a new book, actually an updated and enriched version of Whose Promised Land? by Colin Chapman. I called it “the most complete, the most objective and the most practical” of my whole shelf-full of books on this subject. My review includes a brief summary of the book […]
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