I’ve been trying all day, on and off, to write a post about Gaza and Israel. This is a piece I’ve been trying to write all year. I keep stopping myself from posting anything because I want it to be as precise as possible. But I also want it to be perfect, water tight, irrefutable, and that’s just never going to happen. I will keep chipping away at my wide ranging piece, which offers nothing new, but is an important encapsulation of my thoughts. It’s through the writing itself that my position becomes clear to me.
I will also add that I have started to add bedtime prayers to my evening routine for the very first time in my life. I don’t know if that would have come about at this time if I didn’t feel prompted by this horrible conflict. It’s hard to read news reports and see videos every day and not have it touch my spirit, day after day after day.