“There is a depressing predictability to what’s currently happening in the Middle-East. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth – something that Jesus warned about in the Sermon on the Mount. Israel under Roman occupation was the original context of those words. If you live like that, the whole world ends up blind and whole world ends up toothless. But how do you break the cycle of violence? (And do we wish to?) Jesus, didn’t lead a violent revolt against the Roman Empire; he didn’t attack other religions. He criticised his fellow Jews for their hypocrisy and taught his disciples to be meek, to turn the other cheek, to go the extra mile, to love their enemies, to lose their lives and take up the cross.”

“The sociological trifecta of identity, community, and belonging defined by human connection has a profound bearing on our life…I propose that this sociological reality is highly intentional to the creative genius of our Heavenly Father. ”

“Hope can be found in the most unlikely places and one of the most amazing things about scripture is that the hope of what Jesus would one day do is constantly foreshadowed.”