More Questions than Answers

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Sunday, May 19
~ Bev Henkel

Relationships are on my mind – whether in Church this morning or on a walk in the hills around Bethlehem this afternoon. In church, hearing Colossians 3:12-17, I was challenged to consider the life of the Christian community. How do I live with others? Do I forgive or not? Am I singing and praising, encouraging a community to live a life of thanksgiving? Am I such a person?

Rev. Munther Isaac and keyboardist Gabriel led vibrant singing at Christmas Lutheran

This afternoon we were able to walk the hills around Bethlehem for 3 miles with our Palestinian guide Usama. Were we on the green line? Or in area A B or C? Where I live in the US these do not exist, or do they? I am challenged to consider the walls I support in the US. Can I instead be committed to building bridges? What does that mean for me in my hometown?

Al Makhrour Valley, at start of our hike from Beit Jala to Battir

May I see in new ways the world I live in and not be silent.