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After reading the article numerous times, I’m certain author Mike Cosper did not fulfill these promises nor that it was his primary goal.

Religion News Service

Jesus’ comfort is for all who suffer: A response to Mike Cosper and Christianity Today

Ben Norquist

After reading the article numerous times, I’m certain author Mike Cosper did not fulfill these promises nor that it was his primary goal.

Ahmad was leaving us a message, responding to our question about the lack of clean water in Gaza, when the sound of gunfire from an assault weapon drowned out his voice. “I need to go,” he said, and his voice message cut out.

Christian Century

In Gaza, Water is Life: Fresh water was scarce even before the war. Now the situation is dire.

Ben Norquist and Mae Elise Cannon

Ahmad was leaving us a message, responding to our question about the lack of clean water in Gaza, when the sound of gunfire from an assault weapon drowned out his voice. “I need to go,” he said, and his voice message cut out.

On Friday and Saturday (Jan. 12 and 13), nearly 2,000 faith leaders, politicians, activists and operatives — heirs of the Civil Rights Movement — convened for an Emergency Summit for Gaza

Religion News Service

MLK summit for Gaza highlighted historic ties between civil rights and Palestinian liberation

Ben Norquist

On Friday and Saturday (Jan. 12 and 13), nearly 2,000 faith leaders, politicians, activists and operatives — heirs of the Civil Rights Movement — convened for an Emergency Summit for Gaza

Last year’s Christmas at Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) inside the West Bank was lively. Faculty, staff, students, families, and friends from the community arrived on campus to celebrate the end of the semester, then to attend the college’s annual Christmas party.

The Dispatch

A Different Kind of Christmas for Palestinian Christians

Ben Norquist

Last year’s Christmas at Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) inside the West Bank was lively. Faculty, staff, students, families, and friends from the community arrived on campus to celebrate the end of the semester, then to attend the college’s annual Christmas party.

The video showed a small congregation offering their prayers on a Sunday in October 2023. The church was full of worshipers. They were praying, “Holy Mary, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” Then a bomb struck nearby.

Christian Citizen

The Christians of Gaza

Mae Elise Cannon and Ben Norquist

The video showed a small congregation offering their prayers on a Sunday in October 2023. The church was full of worshipers. They were praying, “Holy Mary, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.” Then a bomb struck nearby.

I am standing in the street on a quiet, suburban cul-de-sac in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in front of a small brick house. The sounds of traffic come strongly from Roosevelt Road to the south and I-355 to the west.

Christian Century

My Land Acknowledgement: My family owns a residential plot in suburban Chicago. I decided to find out what used to be there.

Ben Norquist

I am standing in the street on a quiet, suburban cul-de-sac in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in front of a small brick house. The sounds of traffic come strongly from Roosevelt Road to the south and I-355 to the west.

When we explored an abandoned hospital in Gary, Indiana, we saw the devastation of deindustrialization. But our greatest lesson was to remember the people who still live in the community.

Christianity Today

The Last of Us: How an Abandoned Hospital Prompted Us to Remember Those Left Behind

Ben and Henrik Norquist

When we explored an abandoned hospital in Gary, Indiana, we saw the devastation of deindustrialization. But our greatest lesson was to remember the people who still live in the community.

Prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians have been moving in the wrong direction over the past decades. The most recent Israeli elections are detrimental to peace and could be moving Israel to increased civil discord — some even say a civil war.

Christian Citizen

Recent Israeli elections detrimental to peace

Mae Elise Cannon and Ben Norquist

Prospects for peace between Israelis and Palestinians have been moving in the wrong direction over the past decades. The most recent Israeli elections are detrimental to peace and could be moving Israel to increased civil discord — some even say a civil war.

International Journal of Middle East Studies

Book Review: Orientalism, Zionism and Academic Practice: Middle East and Islam Studies in Israeli Universities. Eyal Clyne,

Ben Norquist

The Sage Encyclopedia of Higher Education, 2020

Globalization

Chris Collins and Ben Norquist

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