by Elli Atchison

During Lent and Holy Week, it is appropriate for us to reflect on places in today’s time where there is loss, poverty, and pain. Throughout His life, Jesus was closest to people who had succumb to illnesses, were ignored by society, and who were experiencing rejection and suffering. This series Jesus Was No Stranger seeks to look at some of those places in both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. How would Jesus respond to some of the experiences of both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians today?

Over the next week we’ll offer prayers on the themes of:

Jesus was no stranger to . . .

. . . .life under occupation

. . . .obedience and humble service

. . . . a life of poverty

. . . . death and sorrow

. . . . persecution and pain

. . . . the cry for justice

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Then we will wrap up the series with “Thy Kingdom Come” after Easter. Read more