Equipping Our Neighbors and Churches to be
Peacemakers in the Holy Land and beyond.
November 2026 Update
5 CONFERENCES IN 5 MONTHS
My team has worked hard planning our CHURCH AT THE CROSSROADS conferences.
These are geared towards Christians around the world. Our aim is to equip the Church to speak with moral clarity and discernment on peacemaking & justice in the Holy Land.
Our conferences:
Atlanta, USA - Nov 5-7 - (400 attendees)
Belfast, UK - Nov. 13-14 - (500+ attendees signed-up)
Bethlehem, Palestine - Christmas 2026
Sydney, Australia - Feb 25-27
Auckland, New Zealand - March 5-6
Our team only has 5 full-time employees, so planning these conferences has been a lot of work. Please pray the Lord would use these times to deeply engage, challenge and minister to the christians and churches in each city.
Note: I would be traveling to almost all of these conferences if not for our newborn. I am hopeful I will be able to attend the one in Sydney or New Zealand, but it is too soon to know
I oversaw and co-produced our first printed devotional book.
It’s a daily Advent Devotional by Palestinian Christians from Bethlehem, Gaza, the West Bank and across the globe.
We also included weekly personal stories as well as a few pages highlighting Palestinian artwork and artists.
We were able to hire designers to recreate some beautiful Palestinian cultural tatreez patterns and symbols.
Sign-up for our online version of this devotional below.
A few sample pages
Palestine Updates + Prayer Requests
I want to highlight a few Jewish voices that have been speaking loudly and clearly on this conflict.
#1. The first is Peter Beinart, a Jewish author and commentator. He spoke at my team’s Atlanta Conference just this past weekend.
Here’s a short clip of Peter sharing the story of how his “liberal zionist” views were challenged and changed on Theology in the Raw.
Peter spoke at my team’s Atlanta conference this past weekend.
#2. Jewish Voices for Peace are a progressive/liberal Jewish coalition in the US. They have been vocal on this topic since 2023.
This features a podcast discussion they had on the reality that 70 cents on every dollar of the bombs used on Gaza was funded by the US.
This (along with other reasons) are one of the main factors I urge American Christians to learn more about this conflict.
Americans are the ones empowering this evil. No amount of ministry, missions, or charity on the ground in the Holy Land will confront the reality that American Christians, Churches and communities have remained silent while our money funded horrific war crimes.
Prayer Request: That American Christians would be equipped to speak loudly and clearly to their communities that this is wrong, it’s evil, and it does not serve peacemaking in any way, shape, or form.
#3. Israeli elections have taken place. Without getting too much into the weeds I wanted to present a video interview of the prominent Israeli parties outright rejecting any idea of Palestinian statehood.
It’s been 59 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and the vague hope of a two-state “solution” seems to be just enough “kindness” to allow Americans and Westerners to justify Israel’s permanent military occupation of Palestinians.
My boss, Anton Deik, has asked that I start next year by focusing almost exclusively on creating a library of educational videos. Similar to the “Sermon to the West” video, these videos will engage, preach, educate and challenge all at once.
This library will eventually include a few videos focusing on political solutions that go beyond the two-state “solution” into practical ideas that Christians can support to bring about a more Christ-like peace and justice in the Holy Land.
Prayer Request: For wisdom and creativity as we dive into this next phase of video work and seek to empower and disciple Christians around the world on peacemaking, enemy love, and the realities on the ground in the Holy Land.
Update on Little Lucy
Thank you for your prayers for our little baby Lucy Blaine Purcell.
She came over a month early (born sept 25th, 3lbs 11oz). Her early arrival was an absolute shock to her mother and I as we had to rush from Waco to the Ft. Worth children’s hospital (she needed a specialized team to begin treating her heart condition immediately after birth).
After a busy few weeks and two surgeries she has been quite stable. Now we are in a waiting game for the next 2-3 weeks while she grows a little more before she can have her major heart reconstruction operation (the Norwood).
We’re hopeful we’ll be able to bring her from the hospital to my parents house in about 2 months. After that we’ll need to remain in Ft. Worth until she’s had her second heart surgery (around 5-6 months old) before we’ll be able to move back to Waco.
Despite the ups and downs she has already been such a blessing to our family. We can’t wait to take her home with us.
Below are more pictures of Lucy, her baptism, and a few pictures of my other kids with crafts made at the hospital’s sibling center (it has been such a blessing for us).
More Pics!
