Not long ago, a pastor at a large evangelical church in Florida shared a story with me that I can’t shake from my mind. Each Sunday, this church invites individuals to come forward who would like to pray with a pastor for any reason. One particular man came forward to this pastor and shared […]Continue Reading →
This was originally posted on the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service (LIRS) blog by Lauren Rhymer: http://www.lirsblog.org/2011/11/13/immigration-football-and-hot-wings/ I just learned last night David has been at Stewart Detention Center for a month now. I don’t know David well, but I know his brother Cesar very well. Cesar married into my family a couple […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Ian Danley Arizona won a significant victory last week when Russell Pearce, author of SB1070, lost in a first-ever recall election. It was not without great effort. I’m reflecting today on the lessons of the work and how we traveled from the darkness of SB1070 to the hope we feel today. The […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by: Amado Lobatos I was born in Mexico and smuggled into the United States in 1976. My father worked for many years in Wyoming as a farm hand. It was a very difficult place to be in that I was always embarrassed to be an illegal Mexican farmhand. After all, I didn’t […]Continue Reading →
