Editor’s note: Michael Kurth sits on EPF’s National Executive Council and convenes the Young Adult Network. He’s a seminarian and traveled to Israel/Palestine in March with a group of EPF PIN members and friends. He reflects on his time on the ground. In moments of summer solitude and sanctuary (of which there seems to be […]
Our friend and colleague Dick Toll preached on 30 July at Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Portland OR. We invite you to consider how working towards the kingdom of God as Dick sets out in his sermon might move us towards that more costly discipleship as we work for justice. Sermon, July 30th, Gospel Matthew […]
The Palestine Israel Network (PIN) of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship decries the undemocratic act of the government of Israel on July 24 in barring entry to Israel by five Americans. We join interfaith partners in this condemnation, including Jewish Voice for Peace and the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church. These five travelers – […]
Kevin Antonio Smallwood is a seminarian at The School of Theology at Sewanee, T’19. He traveled to Palestine/Israel earlier this year with EPF PIN members and friends. He reflects on his time on the ground. It has been about fifteen weeks since my time in the Holy Land and while the days have passed the […]
EPF PIN member Harry Gunkel writes about his time in Gaza earlier this year. An early morning in March in Gaza. At the end of my three-day visit there, I am on my way to the checkpoint to return to Jerusalem. The streets are strangely, unusually quiet. It is Friday, prayer day, everything is closed, […]
EPF PIN member Vicki Gray reflects on her time at Standing Rock. When did it start? What does it all mean? How are we called to respond? We’re talking, of course, about the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that snakes 1,700 miles from the Bakken oil fields of North Dakota to southern Illinois and that, if […]
EPF PIN member Tinka Perry reflects on the Nakba, commemorated in May, and an artwork she saw at the Native American Museum in Santa Fe after the EPF PIN leadership retreat in February. This week I have been acutely aware of the Nakba anniversary. Over the past 4 years I have been learning more and […]
Editor’s Note: Resolution C018 Pursue Justice, Peace and Security in the Holy Land, passed at this year’s General Convention, resolved 'That the 78th General Convention of the Episcopal Church express its solidarity with and support for Christians in Israel and the Occupied Territories.’ EPF PIN member Randy Heyn-Lamb from the Diocese of Los Angeles lifts […]
EPF PIN member Tinka Perry reflects on her time in Palestine/Israel with Episcopal Relief and Development. I returned last week from a trip to Jordan, Palestine and Israel with Episcopal Relief & Development, and I am still trying to process everything. We saw sites where Episcopal Relief & Development is helping to heal a hurting […]
Our journey has ended and we're all back home in the US. It's only been a few days but I've been in touch with some companions and we're all struggling with re-entry. It's nice to be home, and those of us with spouses, kids and grandkids are happy to be reunited. But some of us […]
EPF PIN member Lynn Huber was part of a Compassionate Listening delegation to Palestine/Israel earlier this year. She continues reflecting on what she experienced through current events on the ground. Today I read an article in Time Magazine by Joe Klein entitled “Burned Books in the Holy Land: Jewish and Arab parents watch as […]
The Diocese of Oregon considered and passed this resolution on divestment at their diocesan convention the weekend of 14 November 2014: Resolution IV: Substitute Resolution in Support of Palestinian Human Rights RESOLVED, that the Diocese of Oregon reaffirm its call first issued at the 123rd Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon to its churches […]
