Guest Blog by Joshua Snyder Editor’s Note: Most of our guest bloggers write from the context of the United States, where many churches are wrestling with how to respond to a situation where 10.8 million immigrants are living without legal status. But there are undocumented immigrants in many other countries as well: our guest […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Dawnielle Miller She approached me at the end of a service at church wanting to know if she could have a private meeting with me. We went downstairs and she asked me if I could help with her son’s asylum court case. This was new territory for me! I knew nothing about […]Continue Reading →
Anyone paying any attention to the news over the past several weeks is aware that Libya is in the midst of a political upheaval inspired by the successful, peaceful revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia. Sadly, the Libyan situation has become very violent: as the Libyan government has stubbornly clung to power, as many as […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Jason Ahlenius It has been two months since I have seen my friend Andrés and his brothers and father pull away from our apartment complex in their red pickup. Now I am sitting beside him again in this same pickup on the other side of the border headed for Capacuaro, Mexico. […]Continue Reading →
The topic of immigration not only represents a wedge issue dividing communities, political parties and electoral calculations but also, immigration stands as the proverbial elephant in the room; the evangelical room. Evangelicals in America may very well serve as the most viable constituency as our nation once again discusses immigration reform while simultaneously determining the outcome of 12 million current undocumented residents.Continue Reading →
I met Jesus in jail today. Actually, there have been many wrongly and unjustly incarcerated men named Jesús. Yet, somehow on this day in a cold and unwelcoming room of concrete, harsh incandescent lighting, and a permeating smell resembling a combination of bleach and burnt hair, I encountered Jesus Christ, el Salvador.Continue Reading →
A few months ago, The New York Times ran a front-page story about the strong support coming from evangelical leaders like Richard Land, Bill Hybels, Mat Staver, and Samuel Rodriguez for a comprehensive reform of our nation’s immigration laws. While I appreciated the article as a whole, I thought […]Continue Reading →
“Three Florida fruit-pickers, held captive and brutalized [sic] by their employer for more than a year, finally broke free of their bonds by punching their way through the ventilator hatch of the van in which they were imprisoned. Once outside, they dashed for freedom” (The Independent, 2007).Continue Reading →
“God has chosen the people who are scorned and without importance in this world, that is to say, those who aren’t anything…” (My English translation of 1 Corinthian 1:28 from the Spanish translation Dios Habla Hoy).
This verse leapt off the page at me this morning. A recent community conversation about the make-up of our church echoed in my mind. It is a bilingual church-plant with both English and Spanish speaking groups of adults, and a horde of children from many continents. The topic was immigration reform, and its relevance to our church. Continue Reading →
