Rachael Weeps

Rachael Weeps

Editor’s Note: For many Christian traditions, the season of Epiphany begins on January 6 and ends on the first day of Lent.  One of the benefits of growing up a Latine child in the U.S. is that we get presents twice during the Christmas season. Like everyone else, we...
The Heart of Bethlehem is the Heart of the World

The Heart of Bethlehem is the Heart of the World

You can best describe my music of choice as “American Roots.” Before the 1920s, when entrepreneurs began to monetize music by fracturing it into marketable “genres” like “pop,” “hillbilly” and “race records,” it would have simply been called “music of the people.”  It...
Pardon my skepticism

Pardon my skepticism

Several news outlets have reported what some see as exciting news with headlines like “Relic believed to be of Jesus’ manger returned to Bethlehem” (UPI) and “After Two Thousand Years, Jesus’ Manger Returns to Bethlehem in Time for...
From Palm Sunday to Palestine

From Palm Sunday to Palestine

Another day, another full quota of new experiences for the Campbell University Divinity School/Nurturing Faith Experiences group traveling in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan. We began this day (for those willing to get up an hour earlier) with a short tour of the dig at...

Questions as You Travel the Road to Bethlehem

I want to compare between the trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem in the first and 21st centuries. I am a Palestinian Israeli citizen. I live in Nazareth and continually commute to Bethlehem. In fact, this Christmas I am travelling with my family from Nazareth to...