Stop the Wars, End the Sanctions, Lift the Embargoes
Can any good thing come from this horrible plague that has befallen us? Our pain and distress are so personal and immediate that it...
Stop the Wars, End the Sanctions, Lift the Embargoes
Source: PressTV (Iran) Can any good thing come from this horrible plague that has befallen us? Our pain and distress are so personal...
Watching Iranian Television and Al Jazeera
After the recent flare-up, the U.S.-Iran conflict has once again receded to the proverbial back burner. But, to continue the metaphor,...
Understanding and Responding to Middle East Anger
The anger we're seeing on the streets of the Middle East didn't just happen overnight; there are decades of grievances, including harsh...
Samaritan's Purse and the Parable of the Good Muslim
I’m always dismayed when I hear yet another example of the widespread ignorance and prejudice against Islam in America. But I’m...
What Would Mr. Rogers Do?
I know a thing or two about the power of fear. I was grounded by a fear of flying a number of years ago. I traveled to Europe twice in...
Israeli Barbarism, American Shame, Gazan Art
I have here in my office a little bit of beauty and goodness from a region currently in the grip of violence and despair. Next to me as...
This Easter, Pray for the People of Aleppo and Damascus
While we should pray for all of the people who make up the diverse religious mosaic of Syria — Alawites, Christians, Druze, Jews and...
Reading and Mis-Reading the Book of Revelation
During the time Sadaam Hussein was ruling Iraq, I made six trips there to deliver humanitarian supplies and to see what I could do to...
The Other, Peaceful Middle East
We hear so much about violence in the Middle East that we’ve almost come to believe that “violence” and “Middle East” are synonymous. ...
