Reflections
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Journeying through Advent with SAT-7 viewers
“Suddenly, a light appeared...” For one believer in Iran, this was the moment that changed everything. Alone in a dark room, Yazdan was desperately praying for hope, help, peace. “An hour passed,” he said. “Then suddenly a light appeared. It illuminated the dark room for a whole minute. I couldn’t sleep from joy!”
A heavenly hero: how God turned my childhood pain into purpose
Sometimes I wonder how I made it through. A little girl, growing up in Lebanon’s civil war, holding on to a dream, a hope, a future, blurred by the sounds of gunfire and the weight of hatred.
“Filming these stories was sacramental work”
An open letter by Maggie Morgan, an award-winning filmmaker and leader of SAT-7’s Gender Equality and FoRB project, on the life-changing experience of filming refugee stories in Egypt.
The Middle East war and the prayer of Habakkuk
SAT-7’s George Makeen reflects on the prophetic voice of Habakkuk at a time of crisis, and what it means to pray with both faith and honesty when faced with war, injustice, and unanswered questions. As conflict continues to devastate the Middle East, this reflection is a call to deeper trust, courageous lament, and a refusal to place hope in human power rather than God's justice.
Egyptian Christians mark Jesus’ escape to Egypt
“Out of Egypt I called my son.” Matthew 2:15 Every 1 June, the Church in Egypt celebrates the entry of the Holy Family (Jesus, Mary and Joseph) to Egypt as they fled from the persecution of Herod over 2,000 years ago.
What can we learn from the life and example of Pope Francis?
SAT-7’s George Makeen reflects on Pope Francis’ legacy of communicating Christian teaching to those beyond the Church, and how we all need to reject labelling and stereotypes in order to connect with those who are different from us.
The mother heart of God
As Mother’s Day is marked in most Middle East and North Africa n countries on 21 March, SAT-7 CEO Rita El- Mo unayer shares a reflection on the mother heart of God…