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With Christian leaders in the Holy Land announcing the cancellation of major Christmas celebrations, Marthame shares this timely reflection written in 2000 about the upheaval Palestinians regularly face.

Marthame looks back at time spent in the olive harvest, a fitting reflection for Thanksgiving week here in the U.S.

Looking back - again - at his time in Palestine, Marthame shares a reflection on the daily challenge of being in such close proximity to suffering. ⁠⁠Read the reflection⁠ ⁠Watch the Salt of the Earth film series

With our attention turned to the Middle East, we continue sharing reflections from Marthame’s time lived in the Northern West Bank. In this essay, Palestinian friends share what they want Americans to hear from them. Read the reflection Watch the Salt of the Earth film series

We continue releasing content from when Marthame and his wife lived in the Northern West Bank (2000-2003). In this reflection, they comment on the world’s duplicity when comparing the Serbian and Palestinian uprisings of 2000. You can read this reflection here. Watch Exile from Salt of the Earth.

We revisit our 2018 conversation with musician-theologian Julian Reid, where we speak about his personal connection with the piano, how he sees Jesus in art, and his description of “jazz polity.”

As the crisis in Israel and Palestine - especially in Gaza - continues to unfold, we here at aijcast are partnering with Marthame’s production company to release content from when he and his wife lived in the Northern West Bank, 2000-2003. You can read this reflection here.

We revisit our 2017 conversation with songwriter-speaker-author David LaMotte where he speaks about his musical influences, being drawn to meditation, and how his art intersects with his peace work. Plus he plays his song “Wake Up My Love” for us.

Host of aijcast, Marthame Sanders, offers his own reflections on the anger and heartbreak that come with loving Palestine and Israel.

We revisit part of 2021 conversation with chef-artist-synesthete Taria Camerino, speaking about synesthesia, collaborating with cellist Okorie Johnson, and what the 1812 Overture tastes like.

We revisit our 2019 conversation with musician-producer-theologian-pastor Tracy Howe, where we talk about how she got started in music, her journey to singer-songwiter, and her then newfound openness to co-writing.

We revisit our 2021 conversation with members of indie folk/gospel group The Many in celebration of their release We Are Enough.

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Atlanta cellist/composer Okorie Johnson, speaking about the power of improvisation, how the cello has found its way into his life, and even been a source of healing. Plus he plays a couple of songs for us!

We revisit our 2017 conversation with Lisle Gwynn Garrity and Sarah Are Speed of A Sanctified Art, as we talk about weaving together their calls to ministry and the creative arts, their collaborative approach, and the sacred experience of visio divina.

We bring you an episode from our friends over at the Ministry Collaborative Podcast. Pilgrimage Formation Curator Ryan Bonfiglio talks with the Rev. Dr. Terrence Autry (Christ Community, Richardson, TX) and the Revs. Susan Rogers (The Well, Jacksonville, FL) and Marthame Sanders (Mudeif Productions) about their Holy Land immersion experience; connecting the Biblical stories with the sacred sites; the importance of dislocated exegesis; and the enduring, faithful witness of Palestinian Christians.

We revisit more of 2021’s Wild Goose Festival, including our conversation with Jake Haber (Aldea Spiritual Community, Tucson), some of his live musical performance (as Jacob Roland), and the recent chart-topping drag performer Flamy Grant!

We revisit the 2021 conversation between singer/songwriter Semler and our friend artist/pastor Shawna Bowman (Friendship Presbyterian Church, Chicago) recorded live at Wild Goose Festival about honesty in songwriting, the encouragement to release Preacher’s Kid, and we hear a couple of their songs recorded live at the Festival.

We revisit our collaboration with Cara Fears Johnson (Georgia Resiliency Program) and Carlton Johnson (Presbyterian Mission Agency) as we create the song We Are One. Listen in on our creative process as this song of inclusion and welcome comes to life!

We revisit our collaboration with Darci Jaret (Park Avenue Baptist, Art in the Image), which led to Weelaunee (Soft Forest Bed), a protest song about Atlanta’s proposed Cop City development and the forest defenders who oppose it.

We revisit our collaboration with Amina McIntyre, where we created a meditative play experience together - both virtually and IRL - including Lego blocks, Jenga, and the nostalgia of animal crackers in cardboard boxes.