The big international news last week—bigger even than the #Pray4Reform event in Washington, D.C. last Wednesday, as newsworthy as that was—was the birth of Great Britain’s royal baby. Prince William and Princess Kate became parents last Monday to a little baby boy eventually named George Alexander Louis. In anticipation of the birth, as […]Continue Reading →
With the last week of the year we are sharing the top 3 most popular blogs of the year based upon page views. We posted #3 on Wednesday, and you can find it here. On Friday we posted #2, and you can find it here. The #1 blog, written by Matthew Soerens, compares those […]Continue Reading →
At one point in my early life, I was undocumented. Because I lacked a legal document, I lacked the protection of the rule of law. If I was deemed to be inconvenient or potentially dangerous, I could have been eliminated. I was vulnerable. And then, I was born. I was issued a birth […]Continue Reading →
My friend Danny Carroll, who is a distinguished professor of Old Testament at Denver Seminary and the author of Christians at the Border: Immigration, the Church, and the Bible, argues very effectively that any discussion on immigration for Christians should begin with Scripture and, specifically, should begin where Scripture begins. “In the […]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 →
Since the death of Apple cofounder and CEO Steve Jobs last Wednesday, people around the world have been reflecting on his legacy. Twitter and Facebook have been abuzz with paeans to iPods, iPhones, and iPads—and to the man without whom they would likely not exist. Radio and television reports have highlighted the influence that […]Continue Reading →
Guest Blog by Dustin White The afternoon air was thick with a suffocating humidity as we meandered through our tour of the Guatemalan cemetery. Admittedly, I had the assumption that the purpose of the tour was to view thousands of modest graves, a la Arlington National Cemetery, to get an impression of the civil […]Continue Reading →
