Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared July 13, 2012. Can’t we all identify? We’re late for work because we can’t settle on an outfit from our jam-packed closet. We’ve already left the drive-thru before we realize they forgot the ketchup packets. Our wallets won’t close neatly because they’re too full of cash and […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: Casa Chirilagua is a Christian not-for-profit outreach that seeks to develop relationships with families Chirilagua, a Latino neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia. This post originally appeared on their website. Permission was given by the moderator to repost. “Miss Sarah, what does justice mean?” Cristóbal, a rising sixth grader, asked this […]Continue Reading →
Editor’s note: With Robert Griffin III’s return to football generating a lot of buzz in the sports world, we’re revisiting this blog Ian Danley wrote about his experience visiting an Ethiopian restaurant in DC watching a football game last year. We had literally just paid for our food. It was some takeout place without […]Continue Reading →
Last Sunday many of us gathered in our living rooms with friends to tune in to an American cultural event: the Oscars. Some of us like to watch it because it seems to be nostalgic in some way, reminiscent of old Hollywood glamour, starlets dressed in the height of fashion with well-coiffed […]Continue Reading →
They called me “100% gringo.” If I had been white enough to blush, my anger and frustration would have instantly been revealed. However, my skin wasn’t white. They didn’t see my anger, frustration and shame. Back in the United States, calling a Latino a gringo was either a bad joke or an […]Continue Reading →
This morning, our friends and colleagues with the various organizations that make up the Evangelical Immigration Table are launching an exciting new initiative called the “I Was a Stranger” Challenge. The “Challenge” is simply this: we’re asking evangelical Christians who claim that the Bible is their ultimate authority to […]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. Today’s blog by Matthew Soerens provides a prediction for why 2013 will be the year Comprehensive Immigration Reform is passed. […]Continue Reading →
I’m going to make a prediction that I don’t think is mere wishful thinking: 2013 will be the year that immigration reform finally passes. I (personally) and the organization for which I work (World Relief) have been advocating for significant reforms to our nation’s immigration laws since at least 2006, when President […]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 →
Two weekends ago, I had the privilege of participating in the Cumbre Global de Liderazgo, the Spanish language version of the Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit. While I was there to lead a session explaining the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Deferred Action” policy for the many leaders in Spanish-speaking […]Continue Reading →
