One of the best parts of my job is that I get to connect with our readers. This happens in our magazine’s Letters & Comments section, my weekly Zoom calls, and right here in replies to the Editors’ Picks emails. I love these opportunities because I so enjoy the ideas we publish and the people who write and read them. Thank you to those of you who engage!
I can tell you, unequivocally, that no recent topic has prompted as many passionate emails from our readers as the war in Gaza. Many of you have expressed a particular desire to learn more about what Palestinian Christians are experiencing on the ground. Today I am excited to share with you a sobering but insightful interview with Bethlehem pastor and theologian Munther Isaac.
“My challenge as a pastor and theologian in Palestine is to make the Christian faith relevant and useful, to contextualize our message so it brings hope to our people rather than false optimism.”
“We often confuse the more formal elements at the liturgy’s periphery with the poetry and mystery at its center. As a result, we consecrate the wrong thing.”
“Where do the new Catholic integralists—in the news thanks in part to the affiliations of J. D. Vance—fit in the history of Western Christianity? And how are they reshaping American politics according to their medieval predilections?”
