Posts About Religion
Valentine’s Day Bigger than Christmas
Valentine’s Day has no religious basis, so everyone in the Middle East can – and does – celebrate it.
Christmas in a Strangled Bethlehem
When an Iraqi refugee brought her children to see our Christmas tree, we shared a moment that transcended religious and class divides here in the Arab world.
Burmese Protests Transcend Politics
Burma’s monk-led protests are about spiritual, not just political, authority, questioning which institution – monk or military - governs best in the here and now.
Christmas: Westernized or Commercialized?
Is Christmas a bigger event in your country than it was ten years ago? Is this a sign of Westernization or just commercialization?...
Good Christians, and Orientalists to the Bone
Christmas celebrations in Syria don’t mean westernization – after all, Christmas came from the East.
Hopeful for Bethlehem
I drove to Bethlehem today full of hope, but found none of the vibrancy of thirty years ago. But I don’t think it has to be this way.
