“How many men, today?” is the question I’m routinely asked by other Caspari staff members once registration for a singles’ event has begun. This seems to be our greatest challenge in trying to build a vibrant singles’ ministry. Every seminar we organize, every evening, every camping or hiking trip, we find ourselves asking, “Where are […]
Mission is a controversial concept in the Israeli context today, and prejudices flourish. Is it permissible to be a missionary in Israel or not? And even aside from legal matters, the word missionaryhas become a mocking description assigned to people who force their religion on others. Despite all this we, at the Caspari Center are […]
Knut Høyland One of the Norwegian participants at BridgeBuilders, Andreas Masvie, will serve as a volunteer at Caspari Center this coming year. The following article contains some of his reflections on the conference and the work of reconciliation. How can the deep-rooted conflict of the Middle East be resolved? Is it at all possible? Is […]
Knut Høyland The third BridgeBuilders reconciliation conference was held in western Norway August 3–13, 2012. Twenty-nine young adults from Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Norway took part in the conference. All believers living in the Holy Land face the realities of the conflict every day. Jewish believers, Arab believers, expatriate believers—we all need to relate […]
Many surveys are conducted in Israel. There, in the flow of new information regarding what Israelis think about an attack on Iran, whether they trust the prime minister, and where they would prefer to live, there is also a survey that calls for greater attention from those who are interested in work among Jewish people. […]
Lisa Loden For many Israelis, Judaism has failed to bring inner peace, answers to the Mideast conflict, or meaning to the chaos of the world. For these people, the religions of the Far East have a strong power of attraction. Israelis (and Jews) can be found throughout the Far East, where they take part in […]
Then I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the seal of the living God. He called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea: “Do not harm the land or the sea or the trees until we put a […]
Alexander Goldberg “The power of prayer depends almost entirely upon our apprehension of who it is with whom we speak.” (Andrew Murray) June has been a month of much driving: I’ve been to Haifa 6 times, teaching at the Haifa Theological Institute. Four hours of driving (at best) for the sake of three and a […]
Heidi Maskell A walk on the streets of downtown Jerusalem quickly reveals the diversity of religious and cultural expressions. So where better a place to come on a spiritual quest. Lisa from LA, a girl with Jewish roots, came to explore the Holy Land and find some way of tangibly connecting her faith teachings with […]
Joel Goldberg, has much experience in youth ministry and is also the founder and leader of ‘Netivah’ – an organization that focuses on youth. The following is an interview with Joel. What drew you to youth ministry? I realized the need for ministry to youth while still in my teen years, watching friends of mine […]