I’m not exactly sure why I chose to go to Palestine. Maybe it was because of the Palestinians I’ve met in the last few years. Or because of the rich history and heavy religious heritage. Maybe I just wanted to try Palestinian food. Or maybe I’m drawn to places that are on the troubled end […]
Category: Random rants
Rwanda then and now. The rebirth after the Genocide
I met Donatella on a minibus going from Gisenyi to Ruhengeri. She works ‘with the schools’ in a church-led program and she’s from the French-educated generations*. I congratulated her for how clean and organized everything was in Rwanda. My praise was heartfelt and honest and I could see the pride in her eyes when receiving […]
welcome!
What if, after you die, you meet God and he asks: “So, how was heaven?” We might not live in a perfect world. But it’s still awe-inspiring, with its’ beautiful, wild, always changing nature, its diversity of human individuals and cultures, with surprises at every turn of the road. Go out and see it for […]