A God Who Loves Life A visit with Iraqi heart patients to the Jerusalem Zoo reminds us that, from Noah's day until today, God has been about saving lives.
Samaritan Passover: Encountering Sacrifice Pictures, impressions, and thoughts from the 2012 Samaritan Passover on Mount Gerizim.
Celebrating 64 Years of Compassion Our community went to the beach in Tel Aviv to celebrate Israel's 64th birthday.
Only the Beginning We recently celebrated with joy and tears the service of our beloved sister and coworker...
In Kurdistan: How Beautiful on the Mountains Stephanie and Kristina write from Kurdistan, where they are helping with heart screenings, and spending time with Shevet patients past and future.
Wandering (Voluntarily) in the Wilderness Photo essay of a weekend that five Shevet volunteers spent together in the Negev Desert.
Finishing the Race Running in the footsteps of Paul in Caesarea.
Seeing "Shevet Achim" UK friends encounter the spirit of Shevet Achim in hospital hallways.
Love Rather Than Stereotypes From hate and stereotype to seeing the true person in each other.
A Tribute to the God of Wilderness Celebrating Sukkot with a Rabbi in Jerusalem.
A Tired Love A challenge to love in the face of hatred.
You Bring Restoration The Prophets Street community found restoration for their own hearts in the Galilee.
Kids Pulling for Kids It’s not just adults pulling for the kids at Shevet Achim to make it through open heart surgery – other kids are pulling too...
A Tour Through Noah's Ark Lions, tigers, and bears joined the families for a morning adventure at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. Mohammad, Payman, and Joman enjoyed exploring different exhibits and seeing animals from all over the world...
Seeing the World in our Courtyard The ancient prophets foresaw that one day all nations would stream to Zion. Already in the time of the New Testament, this had come true...
Team Outing to Bethlehem There is a small town called Bethlehem folded in the hills of the Holy Land which is “by no means least among the rulers of Judah...
A Visit with the Howanstines So much of what we do at here Shevet Achim could not be done without the support of our amazing brothers and sisters around the world...
An Outing to the Garden Tomb Today the families journeyed down the road to visit the Garden Tomb. For some families it was a new experience, while for others it was the second time they went to the beautiful garden...
Latrun Community Visits Shevet Achim Shevet Achim was delighted to host a visit from the Latrun Community of Christian brothers on June 9th. Their fellowship is comprised of Germans and Israelis, and their center is located in the foothills west of Jerusalem...
Dolls for Kids The effort to save the lives of children through Shevet Achim is truly international. It begins with an Arab partner physician in either Gaza Strip or Iraq, who gives a diagnosis of the child’s heart defect...
More a Matter of the Heart than the Head Early in my time at Shevet Achim the matter of head coverings became a matter of much discussion [whether following Paul's instruction in our community would prove a point of common ground with our Muslim and Jewish neighbors]...