Editor’s Update: This blog originally ran on June 11, 2012. We decided to re-run it because G92 is joining other Christian organizations throughout the country in urging you to pray fervently for immigration reform. Please commit to praying & sign up for weekly requests and reminders at www.pray4reform.org. I spent most […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s Note: This blog originally appeared on G92 on December 12, 2011. We are rerunning it today to remind us all of the true meaning behind Christmas and to encourage us to remember and welcome those who, like Jesus, have a migration story. Christmas is all about a migration story. I am not referring […]Continue Reading →
I am very happily ceding my normal blog space here at G92.org today to my good friend, Sarah Quezada. Sarah works with Mission Year—a fantastic organization providing year-long urban ministry placements for young adults—and has served in a leadership cohort with me through the Christian Community Development Association. Over the next five […]Continue Reading →
There are a lot of reasons why I believe that immigrants are a blessing to local churches in the United States, but one of the most profound is this: immigrants can help us to better understand what it means to be a Christian. You see, my friend Daniel Carroll of Denver Seminary […]Continue Reading →
When my issue of Christianity Today arrived in my mailbox last week, I was intrigued by the cover story, which highlights “50 Women to Watch.” The fifty Christian leaders selected are women whom CT’s editors believe are “most shaping the church and culture.” Among the fifty women selected is my friend, […]Continue Reading →
At the annual Christian Community Development Association conference in Minneapolis last week, Chris Rice told the story of a meeting he helped to facilitate between African American and Latino pastors. As they sought racial reconciliation, they kept hitting a stumbling block: the pastors represented groups who simply had different interests. Many of […]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 →
I spent most of last week in Jackson, Mississippi, on a retreat with some good friends from the Christian Community Development Association, hosted by the John M. Perkins Foundation. Dr. Perkins, who is now 81 years old, is one of my heroes. Born into a sharecropping family in Mississippi, Dr. Perkins grew […]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 →
