by Mary Dyer | Sep 8, 2025 | Opinion
While on a study trip in the holy land, a tour guide told my wife and me about the Angel of Hebron, an obscure story of hope amid ongoing oppression in the land of Israel. The Ottoman Empire ruled Palestine for over four centuries, from 1516 until its collapse...
by Mary Dyer | Aug 21, 2025 | Opinion
The eighth-century BCE prophet Isaiah heard the following words from God: “Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow” (Isaiah 1:17). They are just as important today as they were almost three millennia ago when the...
by Mary Dyer | Jul 2, 2025 | Opinion
Would You Baptize an olive tree? This is not a rhetorical question, but a story that happened to a man in Galilee. His name is Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Arab Israeli who served as the Archbishop of All of Galilee from 2006 to 2012. He is a member of the Melkite...
by Mary Dyer | May 3, 2025 | Opinion
For many, these last few weeks have been a nightmare traveling across the land, unlike anything our nation has ever experienced. We are not the first country, nor will we be the last, to have suffered so much loss. Someone once said that cowardice is contagious. But...
by Mary Dyer | Mar 12, 2025 | Opinion
Sheryl and I were finally in line to check our baggage for our trip to Santa Fe. We were going to visit friends and hopefully find our “forever” home where we could retire. New Mexico is a land of many peoples, cultures, and histories and is politically aligned with...
