Monday, December 9, 2024, (noon? call FCCOL to confirm time), in person at the Fellowship Hall, First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, Corner of Lyme Street & Ferry Road in Old Lyme

Reading the Bible Otherwise: "Disentangling Scripture from the Logic of Colonialism and Genocide"

A Brown Bag Lunchtime Bible Study with Mark Braverman

Mark Braverman too has been a long time friend of Tree of Life and of FCCOL. Mark comes to us from the Jewish tradition, and he is the executive director of Kairos, USA, an organization dedicated to helping Christians, Jews, and Muslims recover the moral and prophetic dimensions of their faith. He is the author of two books, Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land (2010), and A Wall in Jerusalem: Hope, Healing and the Struggle for Justice in Israel and Palestine (2013). During the present crisis, Mark’s voice has been crucial in disentangling Judaism and Christianity in particular from the logic and practices of nationalism, militarization, colonialism, and genocide. Mark’s reverence for the Bible has led him to find surprising and beautiful insights providing hope in a time of devastation.