After Israel: My Personal Reflections

Crack-crack-crack. My stomach dropped at the rapid staccato of gunfire, shocked by the realization of how near it sounded. I was four days into a trip to Israel as a Young Women for America Ambassador, and we were at the Gaza Envelope, the southern border zone between Gaza and Israel –  an area with only […]

Israel/ Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Release

“‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream.” – Acts 2:17 (see also Joel 2:28-32)  As of Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the last known female hostage (27 years old) was returned […]