

Easter Message 2021
" Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children." Luke 23: 28


A Christmas Prayer
A Christmas Prayer God, God of Mary, we long for peace. We pray for an end to wars between human beings and nature. We ask for help to...


The Advent Journey
Let us always appreciate contemplation and then move to action.


The Things that Make for Peace: From Jerusalem to the World
"If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes." (Luke 19:42)...


A Prayer for Renewal in the New Year
As we begin a new year, may we do so with a prayer of renewal on our hearts. May we seek to discern the activity of the Holy Spirit in...


We Encourage One Another: Reflections on 30 Years of Service
Jean Zaru began her volunteer service as Clerk of Ramallah Friends Meeting in 1987. Prior to responding to this leading she was president...


Main Street, Then and Now
Everyone who has come to the Friends Meeting in Ramallah feels it: the stories in the stones; the echoes of ministries spoken and lived...


Learning: To Live as Children of God
The affirmation of the indwelling of the divine is a part of all religions. “The kingdom of God is within you,” said Jesus. “You are the...


Trusting: To Live as Children of God
The first day of spring was marked last week and in Palestine, as well as many other places around the world, Mother’s Day was also...


Risking: To Live as Children of God
While seeking opens us to the possibily of transformation and the reign of God, it also most certainly involves risk. In the book of...