This Advent, while global Christians prepare to commemorate the arrival of the Prince of Peace, our Palestinian kin in Gaza suffer unthinkable violence. Their cries for deliverance, echoing those of two millennia ago, seem to be falling unheard in the United States. To see their pain and hear their cries, US Christians must move beyond information to transformation…from webinar to worship.

On December 23, the special worship gathering “Christ in the Rubble” was live-streamed from Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, featuring a sermon by Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac. Central to this liturgy of lament is the prophetic message that if Jesus was born today, he would be born “under the rubble.”

The event was co-organized by Red Letter Christians, Christ at the Checkpoint Conference, Bethlehem Bible College and Churches for Middle East Peace, and supported and sponsored by dozens of other kindred organizations.