The Wicked shelled
Kamal Adwan Hospital
They expelled the patients
They stripped and kidnapped the doctors
who they did not burn alive
Their soldiers occupied the hospital.
The mainstream media kept silent
A small brave remnant
of international health care workers
screamed
I do lots of talks about how Christians should think about politics, I even wrote a book about it. In short: 1) Don’t panic, all empires are temporary, God is sovereign and 2)…but do care deeply, do not give up on your neighbour, serve them and contend for their welfare.
📢*New Book Announcement*
Keep Telling of #Gaza An Anthology of poems by @KhawlaBadwan & myself published by @SidhePress Our kind editor has made something tender and true with our attempts to do what linguistics are required to do - work with words - even when words fail. 1/
@Nik_M_Macdonald Also - and I am sure you will have already - but the Krista Tippett On Being interview with Mary Oliver is one of the greatest things ever.
I don't think she ever interviewed Johnny Cash.
Enjoyed Indiana.
But one part I just couldn’t believe. The way they would read ancient languages without reaching for the analytical lexicon every second word. Utterly implausible.