by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 22, 2015 | Israel-Palestine Unveiled, Palestine-Israel Homeland 2018, Pilgrimage 2015-16
It has arrived. For thousands of years people look forward to this dawn. For the people in darkness have seen a great light. The moon has grown this week from a cupped hand to a dangling half circle—and now, on this longest night, is a protruding a belly, proudly...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 15, 2015 | Israel-Palestine Unveiled, Palestine-Israel Homeland 2018, Pilgrimage 2015-16
We had 14 women in an AVP (Alternatives to Violence) workshop on healing from trauma in Hebron, Palestine. The facilitators were Lubna, Manar, Narjah, Miriam and Minga. Eman and Lubna were my translators. This workshop is popular and very much needed. One woman was...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 11, 2015 | Israel-Palestine Unveiled, Palestine-Israel Homeland 2018, Pilgrimage 2015-16
So Jesus lives in Palestine. He’s born a Jew in Bethlehem and becomes a rabbi in Nazareth. He tries to break the chains of the Occupation and three years later he’s killed by the Occupiers in Jerusalem. It’s all so real for me. But a whole new...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Dec 4, 2015 | Israel-Palestine Unveiled, Palestine-Israel Homeland 2018, Pilgrimage 2015-16
Come walk with me in Jerusalem and I’ll paint a portrait dabbed with history, blood, and desire. When you visit the Old City use artistic nimbleness. The streets are paved with pale limestone blocks, some as big as the pillow on your bed, shiny and smooth. I...
by Minga Claggett-Borne | Nov 21, 2015 | Israel-Palestine Unveiled, Palestine-Israel Homeland 2018, Pilgrimage 2015-16
What if from the time we are 5 years old, all problems between people were handled with compassion and clarity? At Ramallah Friends School (RFS) children are empowered to address interpersonal problems. And then they take action to follow-up on the problems. I...