Sorting by

×
Skip to main content
All Posts By

Marlin Vis

Uncategorized

Why Not Me?

JANUARY 2012: INSIDE OUT by Marlin Vis Thus Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on that very day; and all his household, his homeborn slaves and those that had been bought from outsiders, were circumcised with him. Genesis 17:26–27 The boy watches as his father walks toward him from the ridge above. The youngster knows his father's brisk stride and always marvels at the way the old man can scurry up and down the hills and valleys that mark…
Marlin Vis
October 30, 2014
Uncategorized

Yad Vashem

Marlin Vis Yad Vashem is located on a hill overlooking a beautiful valley outside Jerusalem. From East Jerusalem to Yad Vashem is a two-hour walk. It is a Sunday afternoon and it's raining. Sally and I have been to worship, and now we are on our way to visit this haunting place, Yad Vashem. At the toughest point in the walk—it's a mile and a half uphill, it's raining, and the wind is in our faces—we wonder aloud why we…
Marlin Vis
November 1, 2013
Uncategorized

Windshield Wipers

Every child has a childhood, but some childhoods are not for children. Take the Windshield Wiper children for instance. Every day these boys, ages six to ten, wait on busy street corners with squeegees in hand. When the light is red, they move to the line of waiting cars. You can see their eyes searching the driver's face. Is the driver male or female, young or old, Palestinian or Jewish, foreigner or local? Does this person have kind eyes or…
Marlin Vis
March 1, 2011
Uncategorized

Bad Enough

When is "not as bad as," bad enough? "Does the Qur'an say that it's alright to beat your wife? " A Muslim friend is talking with me about Islam. He brought the subject up, so I have license to ask tough questions. "Does the Qur'an say that it's alright to beat your wife?" "Yes," he answers, "but only a little." He is earnest in his response to my question. He wants to be truthful, but he also wants to be…
Marlin Vis
December 16, 2007