Rethinking Israel & Palestine
I had the privilege this last week to visit the Holy Land for the second time on pilgrimage. It included Israel/Palestine and Jordan. I include Jordan as part of the "Holy Land" because there are several places like Mount Nebo that are mentioned in the Bible. The capital, Amman, is named after the Amonites in the Bible. So, Jordan self identifies as part of the Holy Land, and rightly so. I had been once before about 12 years ago. I was with a group of other Protestant pastors in that group back in my Anglican days. My pastor got talked into being a chaplain for a tour with a travel company in Omaha that is primarily Palestinian Christian. We have been planning it for over three years. We were supposed to go last January, but it got kicked off for a year at the last might in due to the break out of the Gaza War. So, we ended up going in January 2025 and not January 2024. It was mostly people from my parish, though a few people who...