Missiles may have destroyed much of our hospital in Gaza but let it be known that we are not defeated. Already our staff are clearing up and finding ways to get the damaged facilities up and running again. They really are unstoppable.

Today is 80 years since the Nazis executed Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was imprisoned for his part in the plot to assassinate Hitler. His words have never been more relevant and we need his moral clarity and courage more than ever before.

Democracy dies with Jeff Bezos.

Democracy Dies in Bezos
open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

My article in the Christmas edition of the Church Times:
‘Return to the Four Last Things: thoughts from Israel/Palestine www.churchtimes.co.uk/252771

I saw this. It tells the awful truth of Israel’s settler expansion in the Jordan Valley and the brutal impact on Bedouin farming communities. For anyone not familiar with these issues, it’s an education. Worth seeing if you can, even if you know the issues.
mubi.com/en/films/the...

My thanksgiving treat was to finish reading Mike Vance’s The Devil’s Lease, an historical crime novel. Great job Mike!!

To counter the post election angst, I’m rereading (audio version) one of the funniest books of the 20th century-A Confederacy of Dunces.