Editors Note: This article first appeared on January 9, 2013 I always identified Tuscaloosa with “Roll Tide,” not the “Clergy Criminalization Act.” That changed when I spent two weeks in late 2011 working with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. I traveled to Alabama to support the resident bishop of […]Continue Reading →
I always identified Tuscaloosa with “Roll Tide,” not the “Clergy Criminalization Act.” That changed when I spent two weeks in late 2011 working with the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice. I traveled to Alabama to support the resident bishop of my denomination, who had joined three others in suing the […]Continue Reading →
Last week, my alma mater, Wheaton College, announced it was joining the Catholic University of America in a lawsuit over a provision of the new health care reform act that, they feel, would force them “to violate their deeply held religious beliefs by providing access to abortion-causing drugs or paying severe fines.” The […]Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Birmingham, Alabama for the first time. I was there to speak at Samford University (a Baptist university), at the G92 South conference. This conference takes its name from the 92 references to the Hebrew word ger, or the immigrant, in the Old Testament. The goal […]Continue Reading →
Immigration can be an overwhelming topic. While political pundits on both sides of a policy debate tend to reduce the matter to a simple, black-and-white issue, the reality is that immigration is complex. There are economic, cultural and political ramifications to how we respond to the arrival of immigrants to our country. Christians also […]Continue Reading →
This week, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Most of us do so by eating all kinds of food like turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie and many other things. Sometimes, in the midst of the eating, we forget the goal of the day: to be grateful. This Thanksgiving, I’ll be thanking God for […]Continue Reading →
My challenge to local churches, as often as I can convince them to listen to me, is to see immigration to the United States not—as many in the larger society do—as a threat, but rather as a missional opportunity. God, in his sovereignty, has brought people from every nation to our communities (Acts 17:26), […]Continue Reading →
The annual Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) conference is something like Christmas for me. I look forward to it all year. It is simultaneously energizing and exhausting, and I wish it lasted longer. The CCDA describes itself thus: “As a network of Christians committed to seeing people and communities wholistically restored. […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Kristen Bruce The following is in reference specifically to undocumented immigration from Latin America. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a grassroots advocate for immigrant rights. This great love and passion for the immigrant began halfway through my high school career after taking several mission trips to Honduras and […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Michelle Warren This week I read an article on CNN about an Alabama court’s decision on the constitutionality of their State’s new Arizona copycat law. This was of no surprise to me since numerous states have proposed legislation to attempt to address the undocumented population in America, and this is […]Continue Reading →
