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A Yoke for Two

What does it mean that Jesus offers a yoke made for two? A Palestinian reading of Matthew 11 through the marketplace, the plough, and nafas, the breath a grandmother gives her cooking, arriving at rest that reaches the whole living self.

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Lines Upon Lines

Gaza's Yellow Line joins Green and Blue in a 75-year pattern of "temporary" borders accelerating from 51 to 25 years. What color comes next?

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Two Sacred Responses in the Shadow of Genocide

As a Palestinian woman witnessing genocide, I read Martha and Mary alongside Gaza. Both sisters respond to Christ under occupation—Martha's fierce hospitality and Mary's prophetic listening. Both sacred, both necessary for survival.

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