L. June Stevenson, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Thu, 28 Oct 2021 17:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg L. June Stevenson, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Via Dolorosa https://anglicanjournal.com/via-dolorosa-48/ https://anglicanjournal.com/via-dolorosa-48/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/via-dolorosa-48/ There is no peace in Bethlehem tonight. The way is blocked, the borders sealed; The sky is bright with stars, And the moon glances off the barrel of a gun. The donkey’s corpse lies rotting by the road, His bones picked bare by scavengers. And pregnant mothers yield their weight To an uneasy, apathetic world. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/via-dolorosa-48/feed/ 0 93042 Violence still threatens Bethlehem, 2,000 years after https://anglicanjournal.com/violence-still-threatens-bethlehem-2000-years-after-47/ https://anglicanjournal.com/violence-still-threatens-bethlehem-2000-years-after-47/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 1998 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/violence-still-threatens-bethlehem-2000-years-after-47/ Bethlehem, Palestine FEBRUARY 6, 1998: The city of Bethlehem is quiet tonight. There are rumours of war in the area. Armed soldiers hover around the checkpoint, ever alert. Few people walk the dark streets. In my mind I imagine that somewhere a woman screams giving birth, like she screamed the night the soldiers raped her, […]

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