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August 2019

August 16, 2019

The Myth of Self-Sufficiency: And How The “Public Charge” Rule Perpetuates It

The myth of American bootstraps is alive and well. The economy teeters on the edge...

June 2019

June 25, 2019

Indefensible: What To Do Now–And Later–To Help Children Detained At the Border

Concentration camp [con·cen·tra·tion camp] noun. def: a place where...

June 20, 2019

A Bigger Table: 7 Ways to Observe World Refugee Day

There are 71 million refugees in the world right now--more than at any other time...

April 2019

April 03, 2019

The Solution To The Migration Crisis Is Stronger Communities, Not Higher Walls

I just got back from Honduras. Otherwise known around these parts as “Mexico,” at least...

February 2019

February 01, 2019

Worshipful Living: How a Church in the Netherlands Prayed Away Deportation

The concept of "worshipful living" is an underrated Christian practice. Most of us worship once...

November 2018

November 06, 2018

The Kids Are Listening

Reason #1,847 to vote: The kids are listening. My kids ... and everybody else's too....

July 2018

July 09, 2018

Kids Are Still In Cages: And The Law Has Nothing To Do With It

In the current political climate, there are many things about which we can 'agree to...

June 2018

June 22, 2018

Truth is Stranger Than Fashion: Melania Trump’s Jacket Was No Accident

First thoughts first: If the Trumps had even a few gay friends, they would never...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

$h*t Jesus Says: “These Are Not People, They’re Animals” Edition

Truly I tell you, these immigrants you see before you are not people. They are...

September 2017

September 05, 2017

$h^+ Jesus Says: On DACA, Pharisees, and Bogus Authority

The Bible mentions care and welcome of immigrants more than 90 times in the Old...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

A Traveling Musician’s America

Happy to share this great guest post with you today...by my little brother! As a...

March 05, 2017

Good Samaritans, Good Immigrants, and Bystander Problems: Sermon for Lent 1

Maybe they were feeling a little disgruntled… After all, the Samaritans in the neighboring village...

February 2017

February 16, 2017

Showing Up for the Stranger: The Church Speaks Out Against the Travel Ban

Ever look around at the news/world/government these days and say "for the love of all...

March 2016

March 09, 2016

No Tribe But Ours: A Refugee Story

I really just carried the fruit basket... But I'll tell you about that in a...

August 2014

August 05, 2014

Peach and Potato: A Parable

Listen: Yesterday I went to rural Missouri with some youth and other church folks. We...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

#BecauseJesus

While flipping through radio stations, I came upon a show where the morning hosts asked...

July 21, 2014

Holy Ground: A Small Place at the Center of Everything

Genesis 28:10-19 Jacob left Beer-sheba and went toward Haran. 11He came to a certain place and...