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January 2019

January 28, 2019

Someone close to our family is getting an abortion today. It's ironic that I have...

December 2018

December 16, 2018

Advent & Migrants

I have been a part of the...

July 2018

July 09, 2018

Common Statements Used to Defend Family Separation

I keep seeing the same comments on social media in defense of the family separations...

July 02, 2018

Open Letter to Christians Who Want to Know How They Can Help

To my Christian friends who want to know how you can help, Thank you for...

June 2018

June 16, 2018

Well since you mentioned the Bible…

All of this is a mess. I have been struggling to find the words to...

June 15, 2018

North Korea and Our Christian Witness

To be honest, I am so confused by the responses to the summit with North...

May 2018

May 13, 2018

Ode to Our Mothering Hearts

Motherhood has not ended up how I once imagined it to be so many years...

April 2018

April 24, 2018

Jumping Back In

I'm feeling lots of feelings all at once. It feels oddly familiar, like a brand...

December 2013

December 04, 2013

My Spiritual Pilgrimage

I am horrible at fasting. Just ask my husband what I'm like after missing even...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Hope on a Tuesday

It was a Tuesday night and I planned on meeting with a small group of...

August 07, 2012

Missionaries to America

I recently heard my friend David's migration story and to be honest, it made me...

June 2012

June 18, 2012

Tutorial on the new policy of Deferred Action for “DREAM” eligible young people

Last week was an exciting week for our Church, Nation, and Immigrant communities. For those...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Law of the Land

Last week, I had the privileged and honor of attending Immigrant Pathways Institute in Chicago. Basically, I...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

The New Girl

Her face says it all. She is terrified, untrusting, confused, hungry and dirty. Her cheeks...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

The Good Mexican

I have been thinking about a Bible story found in Luke 10, you may have...

October 2011

October 14, 2011

My Letter to the Executive Director of Morgan County’s CCC

I recently stumbled upon an article from a town in Alabama and it was extremely...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

My DREAM for Change part 2

My life has most fully been lived on a little street in Fullerton, Ca. This...

August 2011

August 03, 2011

My Heroes

What would you risk for God's calling? I have to admit, I've never had to...

July 2011

July 27, 2011

Will Things Ever Change?

I am feeling discouraged. Over the last couple of weeks I have spent a lot...

May 2011

May 25, 2011

Immigrant Day 2011

The last 48 hours have been a complete whirl wind. Monday night, a group of...

May 25, 2011

My Prayer for Immigrant Day 2011

It was such an honor to be able to lead my fellow Evangelicals in a...

May 01, 2011

Jesus loved Osama Bin Laden…and he loves undocumented Immigrants too.

May 1, 2011. Osama Bin Laden is dead. The world is celebrating? Let me start...

April 2011

April 28, 2011

Where is the Church?

When I was 17, I went on a trip to Ukraine with youth from my...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Anchor Baby Revolution

I held a one week old baby boy tonight. He is perfectly beautiful and I...

February 2011

February 01, 2011

My Modern Family

As crazy as our Christmas break was, it was a good opportunity for me to...

December 2010

December 16, 2010

Mark 12 tells us that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord our God...

December 07, 2010

My DREAM for Change

The DREAM Act. What is it, officially? It's a Bi-partisan piece of legislation that would...

October 2010

October 16, 2010

My Purple Prayer Bead

There is a large, purple bead by my bed. It was given to me by...

October 07, 2010

The Real Garnet

So what happens when you have an undocumented family living in a poorly kept apartment...

September 2010

September 22, 2010

For the Love of Soccer

There are few things that make me happier then when things in my life overlap....