Faith over Fear - An interview with Bishop Riah.

The Right Reverend Riah Abu El-Assal is the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. He is an Arab, a Palestinian and a passionate worker for peace in the Middle East. He was born in Nazareth and he served as rector of Nazareth's Christ Church where he worked as a pastor, community leader and champion of Palestinian identity. On the 6th of January 1998 he was consecrated as the Anglican (Episcopal) Bishop of Jerusalem. The Diocese he represented included Syria, Lebanon and Jordan as well as Israel/Palestine. He is now retired.

In this episode we discuss the following:

- The influence Nazareth has had on his faith.

- His concerns that one day there might not be any Christians in the birthplace of the Christian faith.

- Why people have succumbed to fear over the last 2 years.

- How do we counsel people of faith and people that are not of faith, in this time of fear.

- How one of the biggest victims of the pandemic was the nuclear family and indeed the nuclear family was under attack before the pandemic, and the role of modern technology in the increasing social distancing.

- The reasons why people have been lazy about connecting physically with family and friends once the Covid-19 restrictions eased and the lockdowns ceased.

- How Jerusalem means the city of peace, what is needed for peace to return to Jerusalem, and how we need to have "faith in the other" and "kill enmity, not the enemy".

Books referenced in the interview:

- Riah Abu El-Assal, "Caught in Between: The Story of an Arab Palestinian Christian Israeli Paperback"
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/309454.Caught_in_Between

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