Publications
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.