Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Tim’s blog, Dividing Walls. Permission was given to repost it.
Ten years ago the elders of our church made a bold decision to relocate from a wealthy suburb or Atlanta to an unknown place. All we knew was that we would focus […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Lina AbuJamra’s personal blog in December 2014. Our country is partisan on so many issues these days. The latest divisive issue is the issue of immigration reform. What should the American government do with the millions of undocumented residents of the United States of […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This blog originally appeared on Bread for the World’s blog. Permission was given by the moderator to repost. It also appeared on the G92 blog in December 2013. My dad was a born a migrant. He likes to talk about the storm that was raging the night of his birth, but […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on Dr. M. Daniel Carroll Rodas’s personal blog. Permission was given by the author to repost. The many issues concerning migration are global. It is natural to think that immigration presents challenges to this country, but reports from around the world underscore that the […]Continue Reading →
The CW’s breakaway hit, Jane the Virgin, has captured the hearts of viewers with its lovable characters and delicious drama. The show is an adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela “Juana la Virgen” and includes all the fun you could hope for: overlapping love triangles, dead bodies, and baby daddies. […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: As today is the Friday after MLK Day, we revisit a post that appeared earlier on our blog in January 2013 – and then again in August 2013, reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy. A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of helping run a few Continue Reading →
In his speech, President Obama explained that whether our ancestors crossed the Atlantic, or the Pacific, or the Rio Grande, “we were strangers once, too.” President Obama’s invitation to Americans to welcome the stranger echoes God’s call to Christians. While I commend President Obama’s action to delay the deportation of roughly four […]Continue Reading →
Last Thursday night, President Obama announced that he would use his executive authority to stay the deportation of millions of ordinary immigrants without legal documentation. This landmark decision stirred strong reactions, not only from right and left of the political aisle, but among the Christian community. As I’ve been thinking on […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This blog is written in response to inflammatory comments made by Representative Michele Bachmann during a recent interview. A link to the interview can be found at the bottom of the post. For the last six weeks, I have been interning with the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA), and through this work […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This blog is the eighth part of a series, “Migration, Trade and Brutality: A Journey through Mexico and Central America”, written by David Schmidt regarding his travels in the summer of 2012. The goal of this series is to educate and inform readers about the reasons why immigrants come to our country so […]Continue Reading →
