Levine’s work is fascinating. As a Jewish New Testament scholar, she has spent her life challenging interpretations of Scripture that carry antisemitic assumptions. Her point is simple and profound: we don’t need to make Jews look bad to make Jesus look good.

For many Christians, the voice of Palestinian Christians have been almost entirely absent from conversations about Israel and Palestine. CHURCH AT THE CROSSROADS is an opportunity to change that!

One of the things South Africa kept pressing on me is that there is no such thing as reading Scripture from nowhere. We all stand somewhere when we read. Our social location, our history, our race, our experience of power or powerlessness, and the people sitting beside us all affect what we hear and what we fail to hear.

I am a privileged bastard. I could travel freely through Ireland and South Africa for a month, then board a plane and return to the comfort of my home. Meanwhile, people I sat with in Langa were carving letter openers and selling refrigerator magnets, hoping to earn enough money to feed their children.