FAMINE IN GAZA: fact or fake?
Is there really a famine in Gaza or is it, as Israel’s Foreign Ministry called it, “fabricated” and “tailor-made to fit Hamas’s fake campaign?” Is it fact or fake?
This article is not written to persuade those who have already chosen disbelief. It is not a courtroom defense. It is a candle held against the shadows—an attempt to shed light on the process of why and what constitutes a famine. To provide a deeper clarity, and to stir a deeper, more courageous empathy. Not the kind that feels sorry from afar, but the kind that dares to come close. The kind that asks, not “Is this true?” but “What does love require of me now?”
TRUMP, PUTIN, AND THE ALASKAN SUMMIT: Peace-seekers or peacemakers?
President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday 15 August in Alaska to discuss a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. The Bible speaks with profound clarity and encouragement about the role of peacemakers, emphasizing both their divine calling and the blessing they carry, BUT it is important to discern true Peace in a world of deals. There is a Gospel difference between peace-seekers for personal gain, and peacemakers as a divine calling.
667 DAYS: a lamentation for a Church distracted by debate
If, after 667 days of Gaza’s groaning, we are still entangled in the courtroom of blame—then we have lost the heart of Christ
HOW TO RESPOND TO GAZA’S CRY: confessions from the comfort zones
How do we respond to the devastation in Gaza? Maybe our response should focus not in proving ourselves, but in posturing ourselves. In this hour of anguish—where rubble buries dreams and cries echo unheard across a world of indifference—I write this essay not to forgive, but to ask forgiveness. This, I believe, is the Godly posture and a Christ-like response
LOOK IN THEIR EYES: and tell them it’s fake
New rumors are now circulating that Gaza is just a performance—nothing more than a stage where blood is artificial and suffering is a calculated form of gaslighting designed to shame Israel. They’ve even coined a name for it: GAZAWOOD, a website dedicated to exposing what they claim is Palestinian propaganda, likening real anguish to film production. May God help us if we ever reduce genuine suffering to political strategy.
GAZA: when opinions roar, compassion whispers
The question echoing in my heart this morning is painfully simple: How did we get here? How did we, as followers of Christ, become more obsessed with being right than with being compassionate? How did we move from weeping over starving children to arguing about who’s to blame for their suffering? How—in God’s name—did this happen?
WATER: when did we forget?
This powerful reflection by Dr. Ezzideen Shehab—a 28-year-old doctor born and raised in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza—is more than just a story; it’s a window into the daily realities faced by so many. We believe Dr. Shehab would want his words to be heard far and wide. Sharing them is a small but vital act of solidarity. You can do the same: speak up for those whose voices are silenced, whose truth is kept from those who choose ignorance and indifference.
SYRIA’S CRY, HEAVEN’S RESPONSE: In a world that turns away, we choose to draw near.
We have been inundated with heart-wrenching updates from Syria, shared by local pastors and dear friends from across the region. The news is devastating, and our hearts ache, consumed by sorrow as we cry out to the Lord for the people of Suweyda in southern Syria. The crisis has escalated into chaos, and civilians are being subjected to horrific acts of systematic extermination. And heartbreakingly, the Church has not been spared from the violence.
CONFESSIONS OF A CHRISTIAN ATHEIST: when faith abandons alignment:
I write this essay not as a theologian, not as a preacher—but as someone whose faith has been desecrated by self-proclaimed prophets. This is my confession. I’m a Christian Atheist when faith gets hijacked to endorse injustice, rudeness and hatred. And if this resonates with you, let it echo louder than my own voice. Share it.
REFRAMING PERSECUTION: Who Owns the Narrative?
Over more than four decades of walking alongside the persecuted Church, I’ve come to a sobering realization: for many Christians in the West, the story of persecution often centre’s more on the persecutor than the persecuted. We amplify the pain that fits our worldview and mute the cries that disturb our conscience. TAYBEH is a perfect example