People, Look East!

Advent and Christmas Reflections on the Middle East

Week 1

• Jimmy Carter and Simeon: What ‘Consolation’ for Israel and Palestine Today?, Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso
• A Perspective on Peace: Is There Shalom in the Land?, Marietta Macy
• Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, Calls for an “Advent of Justice”, The Office of Public Witness
• Keep Hope (and Olive Trees) Alive!, Rev. Jeffrey DeYoe
• Burning Frankincense in Iran, Noushin Darya Framke
• Living in the Shadow of Occupation, Dr. Don Mead

Week 2

• To Break the Shackles: Palestinian Children and Israeli Military Detention, Brad Parker
• Provoked by the Wind, Rev. Dr. Jay Moses
• Hope Incarnated: The Church in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, Rev. Elmarie Parker
• Excerpt from Chosen?: Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann
• O Little Town of Bethlehem: An Advent Conversation with ‘Chosen?’, Rev. Laura Mariko Cheifetz

Week 3

• Christmas and the War Next Door, Rev. Linda Macktaby
• The Other Christmas Children, Rev. Jerrod Lowry
• Turkey: Six Important Dynamics for U.S. Christians, Rev. Dr. Chris Iosso