This has been a special, holy project at a particularly horrifying time in history. As the world has watched the mass slaughter in Gaza and the escalating violence in the region, many people have been asking, “Where is God?” And our brother Rev. Munther Isaac offered the world an answer—God is in the rubble.

At the heart of the Christian faith is the deeply held conviction that God is with us—God is with the grieving parents in Gaza holding the limp bodies of their babies. God is with all those who suffer violence and feel the crushing foot of empire. It is something we remember in a particular way this season of Christmas—Emmanuel, God is with us. The coming of Christ—and the way Christ comes—is the most profound act of divine solidarity the world has ever seen.

The “Christ in the Rubble” icon featured in this campaign is by artist Kelly Latimore. Red Letter Christians worked with Kelly in 2023 to raise over $130,000 for our partners in Gaza and the West Bank, which you can learn more about here. You can download the icon for free from Kelly’s website.