By Jan Therien Bethlehem, November, 2015 “Litany- a series of petitions for use in church services or processions, usually recited by the clergy and responded to in a recurring formula by the people. Synonyms: prayer, invocation, supplication, devotion. A tedious recital or repetitive series. Synonyms: recital, recitation, enumeration, listing, inventory”. Also, “a resonant or […]
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This blog has been written at my request by my friend, Keren Roper Willmon. Keren grow up in Jordan as the daughter of missionary doctor, John Roper. Recently she spent several weeks in Jordan, participating in ministries to Syrian refugees, some of the thousands who are living in Jordan outside of the UN camps. Some […]
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In the early 1970s, before the civil war, our little publishing office was in West Beirut, sort of between Musaitbeh and the Basta. In the corner of the building we had a small book store, a very quiet bookstore, because we had not been there long and the area had very little foot traffic. […]
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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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It must have been October, in maybe 1981. It was a stunning day, having rained and washed all the summer grime out the air, leaving every pine needle glistening. From my office window I could see Beirut gleaming down there on its broad shelf, surrounded by the blue sea. I had an urgent print […]
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Frances Fuller, Author Of Book About Lebanon, ‘In Borrowed Houses’, Issues Challenge To Christian Century Magazine 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 have not yet seen. Fuller believes a recent article in […]
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A few days ago I read in a Huffington Post article by Qasim Rashid that Franklin Graham had put these words on his facebook page: “We are under attack by Muslims at home and abroad. We should stop all immigration of Muslims to the U.S. until this threat with Islam has been settled. Every Muslim […]
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I am sharing with you an English translation of a poem written for and published in a tract from the Egyptian Bible Society. It will help readers see the heart of our Christian comrades in Egypt. Two rows of men walked the shore of the sea, On a day when the world’s tears would run […]
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February 4, 2015 ISIS is testing my resolve. I determined a long time ago to see everyone as part of the human race. Some people are different and hard to understand; some are mean spirited; some are thieves; some are murderers; some seem to lack all empathy with others; some are devious liars; some are […]
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November 24, 2014 He was just a little kid, maybe nine years old, no more. You might have seen him on television. He stood facing the camera, raised a skinny arm and his childish voice and recited an Arabic slogan he had memorized, something to the effect that what they have done in Iraq they […]
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