{"id":1636,"date":"2012-12-06T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2012-12-05T14:29:43","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:29:43","slug":"advent-reflections-from-bethlehem-and-devotional-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/advent-reflections-from-bethlehem-and-devotional-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent: Reflections from Bethlehem and devotional materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bNqaZwXLVo&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UU9FKTVBng6XeDUEArww1S3g<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Mitri Raheb of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem shares an advent greeting from the Holy Land. Christmas Lutheran does a simulcast Christmas Service between\u00a0Bethlehem and the National Cathedral in Washington DC each year.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brightstarsbethlehem.org\/what-we-do\/news\" target=\"_blank\">Find out more <\/a>about this year&#8217;s simulcast\u00a0on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 10 am EST. \u00a0<a href=\" www.brightstarsbethlehem.org \" target=\"_blank\"> Check out the new website <\/a>for Bright Stars of Bethlehem, a US organization that supports the work of DIYAR Consortium, begun by Pastor Raheb in cooperation with\u00a0 the ELCJHL.<\/p>\n<p>In another article, Pastor Raheb reflects on the Christmas story in his hometown of Bethlehem:<\/p>\n<p><em>Bethlehem at the birth of Jesus was a besieged city. Today Bethlehem is again a besieged city surrounded from three sides by a 25 foot high concrete wall.\u00a0 So what if Jesus were to be born today in Bethlehem? If Jesus were to be born this year, he would not be born in Bethlehem. Mary and Joseph would not be allowed to enter from the Israeli checkpoint, and so too the Magi. The shepherds would be stuck inside the walls, unable to leave their little town. Jesus might have been born at the checkpoint like so many Palestinian children while having the Magi and shepherds on both sides of the wall.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Full article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/bethlehem-then-and-now\/?doing_wp_cron=1354630141.0147409439086914062500\">Full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the way to celebrate what happened in Bethlehem 2000 years ago, let us not forget the people who yearn for peace with justice now in Bethlehem and all over the Holy Land. Here are some Advent reflections by various people and organizations to help us remember:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kairos Palestine&#8217;s <a title=\"Devotions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/~\/media\/Files\/Our%20Faith%20in%20Action\/Justice\/Peace%20Not%20Walls\/HL%20Worship%20Resources\/Kairos%20Palestine%20Christmas%20Devotionst%202012%201.pdf\">Advent Devotions<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Israel Palestine Mission Network <a title=\"Advent Devotional\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/~\/media\/Files\/Our%20Faith%20in%20Action\/Justice\/Peace%20Not%20Walls\/HL%20Worship%20Resources\/IPMN_Advent_Devotional_2012%201.pdf\">Advent Devotional<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) <a title=\"Advent Reflections 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmep.org\/content\/advent-christmas-2012-daily-reflections\">Advent Reflections 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bNqaZwXLVo&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UU9FKTVBng6XeDUEArww1S3g Pastor Mitri Raheb of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem shares an advent greeting from the Holy Land. Christmas Lutheran does a simulcast Christmas Service between\u00a0Bethlehem and the National Cathedral in Washington DC each year.\u00a0 Find out more about this year&#8217;s simulcast\u00a0on Saturday, Dec. 22 at 10 am EST. \u00a0 Check out the new website [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8072,5642,1400,7680,8036],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cmep","category-elcjhl","category-post","category-palestinian-christians","category-theology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Advent: Reflections from Bethlehem and devotional materials - SUMUD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advent: Reflections from Bethlehem and devotional materials - SUMUD\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_bNqaZwXLVo&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UU9FKTVBng6XeDUEArww1S3g Pastor Mitri Raheb of Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem shares an advent greeting from the Holy Land. 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