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“Please Don’t Bring More Division to Our Land”

“Please Don’t Bring More Division to Our Land”

by Shirin McArthur | Nov 27, 2023 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

Last week, I listened to an interview with the Most Rev. Hosam Elias Naoum, Archbishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and Primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East. Yes, that title is complex—and his job is even more complex, especially these days. For example,...
Praying for the Unseen Victims of War in the Holy Land

Praying for the Unseen Victims of War in the Holy Land

by Shirin McArthur | Nov 20, 2023 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

Two weeks ago, I stated rather bluntly that life has been downright horrid for most people in most countries throughout human history. My point there was to help us realize what a privileged time and place we inhabit. As the war in the Holy Land drags on, I find...
Pondering the Witness of Stones in the Holy Land

Pondering the Witness of Stones in the Holy Land

by Shirin McArthur | Nov 13, 2023 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

Over the past few days, I’ve been posting pictures of the Holy Land on Instagram because we were there on pilgrimage one year ago. So much has changed in one brief year, and yet so much remains fundamentally the same. The callous hardness of war seems endemic...
How Are You Stewarding Your Life?

How Are You Stewarding Your Life?

by Shirin McArthur | Oct 23, 2023 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

A few weeks ago, the daily meditation from SSJE’s “Brother Give Us a Word” caught and held my attention. The excerpt, from this sermon by Curtis Almquist, reads as follows: We don’t possess our own lives. We are stewards of the life that God has given us, and for...
On Not Having Answers

On Not Having Answers

by Shirin McArthur | Oct 16, 2023 | Conscious Living, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life

I’d planned to post something else today (you’ll get it next week), but the war in the Holy Land is calling for some attention. Yes, everyone is posting about it—and that’s part of the reason I want to enter the conversation. There are so many people pontificating,...
Reflecting on Water in Jerusalem

Reflecting on Water in Jerusalem

by Shirin McArthur | Jul 10, 2023 | Christianity, Spiritual Life

Have you ever considered the water needs of the historic temple in Jerusalem? Until I visited the Holy Land, I hadn’t. This week, I invite you to join me in a brief exploration of this topic as I continue my summer reflections on water in the desert. Jerusalem is...
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