A Personal Letter

  This is a very personal letter to those of you who followed my blog last year. Some of you will remember receiving an email (which I did not post) telling you that I was taking a break for an indefinite period of time because of the serious illness of my husband. Subsequently, the suspicion […]

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In Beirut or Altadena, a Lebanese Man on a Mission

This story is contributed by Alastair Greeves, former auditor for World Vision International. The friend he speaks of here is a significant character in my memoir, In Borrowed Houses.  FF “Are you Terry Waite?” the Lebanese immigration official asked me as I handed him my passport 25 years ago.  “Are you returning to our country?” […]

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Wanted: A President in Pursuit of Peace

 Before you read this article, I want you to know that I wrote with some ignorance and what I have said is inaccurate at one point. Because I want to stand by my conclusion and preserve the truth about how I reached it, I have decided to post the piece as I wrote it and […]

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