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NATALIE KENDEL
ARTICLES & BLOG OF A THEOLOGIAN


"It's Complicated"
The long-standing practice in white society of feigning complexity where there is none.

Natalie Kendel
23 hours ago


The Red Line is White
The "red line" of the Palestinian genocide has been defined and policed by the white West for too long.

Natalie Kendel
Feb 8


All About The Kids?
If you were to enter a Christo-religious space and ask what the most important part of the church population is, many, if not all people, would respond that it is the children. "The children are our future." "The teens, the youth, the young people." "They are the ones who will carry on the church. They are the ones who will take the baton from us." That sounds rather noble, doesn't it. But the yawning chasm between this sentiment and the reality of adult actions is damning. "

Natalie Kendel
Dec 26, 2025


Usurper
"Israel", you usurper. You false god. You liar. You're that same enemy called "white supremacy" and "white colonialism". Only, you bear a stolen name, and play dress-up with ancient, plagiarised symbolism. But you're not ancient. You're not God-sent. Everything about you is counterfeit. Including that victim card you plucked from the pocket of Holocaust victims. You're as fickle as fascism, as insecure as white, male ego. Desperate to be real, desperate to justify your abomin

Natalie Kendel
Oct 18, 2025


Oct 7th Anniversary Thoughts
Today is the 7th of October. Today marks 2 years since we woke up. Today, the Israeli occupation will spend their time playing the victim...

Natalie Kendel
Oct 7, 2025


Name Israel
Those who fail to name the villain, fail the victim.

Natalie Kendel
Aug 26, 2025


Pearls & Pigs & Palestine
We've now spent nearly two years trying to make others understand why the Palestinian genocide is about abuse, oppression, injustice,...

Natalie Kendel
Aug 8, 2025


"How Can You Say" : a lamentation
Oh Lord How can you say that we should not be afraid when children are being beheaded and the pregnant women run over by tanks and the...

Natalie Kendel
Jul 9, 2025


Sanctified Thinness: The Intersection of the Adventist Health Message, Norwegian Cultural Ideals, and the Emergence of Eating Disorders
Abstract This essay explores the convergence of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) “health message”, Norwegian societal emphasis on health...

Natalie Kendel
May 18, 2025


Reading The Bible in 100 Days: What I learned
I read aloud The Bible in 100 days. And I learned some surprising things in the process.

Natalie Kendel
May 5, 2025


Palestine: Our Litmus Test
How is Palestine, and our response to the genocide, a litmus test to Christians?

Natalie Kendel
Apr 10, 2025


White Men & White Boys: The Weakest Link
The weakest link in any society has, without fail, been white men and white adolescent boys. They are the weakest members. History...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 31, 2025


Atle Haugen: a racist pastor and genocide-apologist (Palestine Stories: Ep. 3)
Atle Haugen is a Norwegian Adventist pastor, editor of the Adventist magazine, "Adventnytt", and Bible teacher at TVS, the Norwegian...

Natalie Kendel
Mar 29, 2025


I'm Lebanese (Palestine Stories, Ep. 2)
Snow White I am Lebanese. I am half Danish, half Lebanese, and Norwegian by nationality. But people don't exist as halves; they exist as...

Natalie Kendel
Sep 25, 2024


People-Watching at Oslo Train Station (Palestine Stories, Ep. 1)
I recently travelled through Oslo S - the central train station in Norway's capital city. It was a particularly busy day since it...

Natalie Kendel
Aug 21, 2024


Let Justice Roll
“Let Justice Roll like a River” is the title of my new single, and has also been the prayer I've gone around actively praying for nearly...

Natalie Kendel
Aug 12, 2024


The "Gift" of White Empathy
White Feminism makes the "gift" of its empathy dependent on whether or not White people are able to understand the experiences of the...

Natalie Kendel
Jul 27, 2024


You Can't Have Access To Me And Avoid Palestine
Let me make myself perfectly clear. To all my patrons, readers, followers, online acquaintances: I want my words and actions to be so...

Natalie Kendel
Jun 8, 2024


The Chosen People, Widows, & Orphans
Amid the Palestinian Holocaust that is currently raging, there is a thought that is weighing on many people's minds. Or perhaps it is...

Natalie Kendel
May 29, 2024


The Conscience-Cushioners Among Us
The bystander effect, or bystander apathy, is a social psychological theory. It states that individuals are less likely to offer help to...

Natalie Kendel
Apr 5, 2024
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