Every Wednesday we invite you to Pause and Pray with us. Today’s reflection is curated by Rae Guthrie, and is our final reflection for the semester.

Image: Christ in the Rubble. Icon by Kelly Latimore

PRAY

Please visit https://sabeel.org/category/wave-of-prayers/ and pray one of the “Wave of Prayers” you find there.

MEDITATE

As you gaze upon this icon, I invite you to ponder the questions by Kelly Latimore, creator of the icon, Christ in the Rubble.

“Kelly wants his art to be a ‘holy pondering’ – a process that potentially brings about a new way of seeing.
Our hope is that this icon, “Christ in the Rubble” will create more dialogue among Christians in the United States during this holy season about the ways our beliefs and actions – or lack thereof – contribute to the violence we’re currently witnessing in Gaza. How can we shape a culture of Christianity where love truly has no boundaries? How do we create a world where our poor, homeless, refugee, Palestinian Savior – born to a teenage mother and later condemned to death – would be cherished had he been born today.”

LISTEN

“A Palestinian Christian Psalm of Lament”