Ched Myers at JEM

Ched, in the red vest hand made in PalestineIt came on short notice, but for those 16 or so who heeded the email that Ched Myers of Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries was in town and had time to swing by the JEM office for an evening’s bible study with an eye to the situation in Palestine-Israel, it was quite a treat.

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Accompanying the Palestinian People in Struggle

The suffering and hope of the Palestinian people locked in open-air prisons, surrounded by 30-foot walls of concrete has inspired me in a way that is similar to what I experienced when I traveled to Central America in the 1980’s; which translates into an integration of their message of hoping for justice and peace into my everyday way of being and behaving. I’ve been back a little over two weeks, and I’ve become accustomed to sharing and reflecting on the experience every day with someone(s). I know that I’ve been saturated with both grief and joy in communicating my experiences daily, because I don’t even need to keep track of what I’ve done on any given day.

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