Resources

Clergy Emergency League

A conversation between Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas and Rev. Leyla King on the history of Palestinian Christians for the Clergy Emergency League. This presentation offers education particularly on the role (and the dangers) of Christian Zionism in the erasure of Palestinian Christians.  

Epiphany Liturgy for Free Palestine 

Featured panelists include Palestinian American Episcopal priest the Rev. Leyla Kamalick King, Palestinian theologian Daniel Bannoura, priest of Arabic-speaking Mother of Our Savior Church the Rev. Halim Shukair, and other young Christian leaders for a Free Palestine: the Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas, the Rev. Jean-Pierre Seguin, the Rev. Tory Moir, the Rev. Jerry Monroe Maynard, and Lana Melonakos-Harrison.

The Palestinian Christian Voice

The Rev. Leyla King and the Rev. Dr. Benjamin King offer a perspective on the experience of Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land and beyond from the middle of the 20th century to today. 

Helpful Links

Palestine Isreal Network of the Episcopal Peace Fellowship

Resource Hub for Peace and Justice in Palestine compiled by the Rev. Nicole Janelle 

Sermon for World Mission Sunday by The Rev. Fadi Diab, Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Ramallah and St. Peter's Church, Birzeit (West Bank)

"As the Holy Land goes through what seems like an endless night, the church is called to engage, not retreat. To help transform pain into hope and oppression into liberation. Rather than constructing shelters of excuses, of safety, of tranquility, and of glory, the church is called to step into the sometimes dark valleys of our neighborhoods, nations, and the world. The church’s identity is entangled with her mission to be an agent of liberation and freedom in contexts of oppressive powers and subjugation. Such a transfiguration mission requires that the church overcome neutrality, fear, self-centeredness, and carelessness. It entails engaging the messiest conditions and conflicts; it involves getting our hands dirty. It encompasses an indispensable action to dismantle systems of injustice and oppression. It believes that there is no sphere into which the church may not speak or cannot engage. It entails a prophetic denunciation of everything that seeks to undo God’s dream for God’s world. And yes, it anticipates criticism, repudiation, pain, and death for the sake of God’s mission."

God Under the Rubble a sermon by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, Lutheran pastor in Bethlehem 

"Beloved, in these difficult times let us comfort ourselves with God’s presence amid pain, and even amid death, for Jesus is no stranger to pain, arrest, torture, and death. He walks with us in our pain. God is under the rubble in Gaza. He is with the frightened and the refugees. He is in the operating room. This is our consolation. He walks with us through the valley of the shadow of death. If we want to pray, my prayer is that those who are suffering will feel this healing and comforting presence."