Josiah J. Shaver

Vengeance & Reconciliation Podcast

Society EN ↓ 6 episodes

Conflict is inevitable. The difference is made in how we handle it. Listen as we try to learn from the challenges of cross-cultural peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and reconciliation. Additional topics include communication, peace, justice, restitution, forgiveness, faith, the Middle East, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Occupation. You know, the easy stuff.

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Josiah J. Shaver

Episodes

05 - Family Divided under Israeli Military Occupation: Tarek Al-Zougbhi (Part 2) 18.11.2025 1:08:14

In this Part 2 episode, Tarek Al-Zoughbi shares the personal story of his own family’s forced division under Israeli Occupation—how his Palestinian father and American mother could not live together for years. He also unpacks the merits and downfalls of some peacebuilding programs between Israelis and Palestinians, including gripping personal reflections about “Contact Theory”. Other topics includ...

04 - Wi'am: The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center with Tarek Al-Zoughbi (Part 1) 11.11.2025 1:24:09

Tarek Al-Zoughbi unpacks the various programs of Wi’am, The Palestinian Conflict Transformation Center, and how the group helps mediate disagreements within diverse Palestinian society. Our discussion ranges from Wi’am’s kids education programs to mediating between local Palestinian Christian and Muslim families, Palestinian cultural considerations in conflict resolution, navigating domestic abuse...

03 - The Incredible Wartime Story of How a Texas Businessman Sent Hundreds of Baby Incubators into Gaza 17.07.2025 50:51

Meet Shadi Awad—a proud Texan, CEO & Co-Founder at Technagy IT, Palestinian Christian, husband and father of five. Shortly after October 7 and the Gaza War began, God showed Shadi both an incredible need, and also a possible path to fill that need. The logistical and political barriers to this goal were tremendous. Listen as Shadi recounts the play-by-play of this incredible humanitarian missi...

02 - Golfing for Gaza: Hitting 50,000 Golf Balls with David Knoppert 03.07.2025 9:29

Why is this Canadian man in his 70’s hitting Fifty Thousand Golf Balls? Listen to this 10-minute mini episode and find out. Learn more at these links: www. CONNECTINGGAZA.org https://www.connectinggaza.org/Golfing-for-Gaza-2157de89c69180298ad1d2abc02c563b If you like this episode, please like, comment, and share it! Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5umpdf80KO7ottJoHZTMAi?si=ea85d3ee92f2428...

01 - Pray for Hamas Leaders? Holy Land Stories from a Christian Minister 01.07.2025 1:13:09

Would you take a road trip to the Holy Land? That’s what this man did back in the 1960’s. Twice. Listen in as this anonymous Christian Minister unpacks topics like the history of the State of Israel, the Palestinian people, ministry in the Holy Land, the First and Second Intifadas, Hamas, talk of peace vs. real action, the present of presence, the bleak state of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict &a...

Trailer: Vengeance & Reconciliation Podcast 18.06.2025 3:52

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