Can personal connection lead to peace despite ideological differences?
How do we break a cycle of pain and retaliation?
Dalia says that as she learned from Bashir, her love for her country was “losing its innocence…” – Has your country-love lost its innocence? Does it need to?
What if your certain assurance of your status as a beloved child of God gave you the ability to listen to those with whom you disagree without fear, without combativeness, without the need to be right? What might that look like?
Who/what have you been afraid to address?
What rights are you willing to surrender in order to bring peace?
How do we break a cycle of pain and retaliation?
Dalia says that as she learned from Bashir, her love for her country was “losing its innocence…” – Has your country-love lost its innocence? Does it need to?
What if your certain assurance of your status as a beloved child of God gave you the ability to listen to those with whom you disagree without fear, without combativeness, without the need to be right? What might that look like?
Who/what have you been afraid to address?
What rights are you willing to surrender in order to bring peace?
What else stood out to you from the book?The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East