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April 2026

April 04, 2026

Jesus the Gardener: Mary Was Right the First Time

Jesus the Gardener Mary Magadelene is standing outside the empty tomb. She has already looked...

December 2025

December 28, 2025

“We Are Herod” : Thoughts on The Feast of the Holy Family

*A Meditation on Matthew 2 The Flight from Herod's Terror Picture them. A young mother,...

June 2022

June 29, 2022

Christ in the Trailer: A Lesson about Migration and Greed from a Literal Hell

Christ in the Trailer: A Lesson about Migration and Greed from a Literal Hell ...

November 2018

November 28, 2018

Trans Immigrant Killed in Federal Custody: Roxsana Hernandez

Imagine. "Disgusting!" "Oh my God!" "I will kill you!"...

June 2018

June 21, 2018

The Congressman and The Press: Fighting Family Separation

*From Congressman Michael Burgess' Townhall at Denton High School in Denton, Texas on...

June 15, 2018

On the Caging of Children: Words from an Immigration Rally at Dallas City Hall

*Delivered on June 14, 2018 First of all, I don't speak Spanish. I'm...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

Immigration Imagination

*Letter written for various newspapers. Dear Editor, Imagine a scenario. You're in...

February 02, 2017

God Hates America

This morning, I had the opportunity to watch the National Prayer Breakfast. Rarely, have...

January 2017

January 29, 2017

Where are the Christians?

Throughout our country, millions of Christians are sitting in church at this very hour....

September 2015

September 26, 2015

The Immigration Question

*Interaction from the Hope for Peace and Justice "Imagination: Immigration 2" Panel I served on...

August 2015

August 01, 2015

Borderless: A Conversation on the Return Home from a Queer Immersion

*This is a conversation that took place on July 30, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...

August 01, 2015

The Juxtaposition of Our Borders: A Queer Conversation on the Way to Immersion

*This is a conversation that took place on July 27, 2015 between Kristin Kelly,...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

The Revelation in the Desert

When I was a child, I never thought my parents would leave me. I...

July 27, 2015

Jesus’ Flight from Peru

*This is a story used with permission and based on the experiences of an...

July 27, 2015

The God Beyond Borders: A Prayer at the Start of a Queer Immersion

* A prayer at the beginning of an immersion on the border of the...

July 13, 2015

Dr. Robert Jeffress Deports Jesus: A Cautionary Tale

Miracles weren't supposed to happen on nights like that. Gunshots filled the air. Violence...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

The Wayward Movement of the Movement

I'm sick. I can feel it deep down in my stomach. The comments are eating...

October 2014

October 10, 2014

Beyond Borders: An Unexpected Trip to Mexico with a Dying Man

I didn't expect to be on a flight to Mexico. I thought I would...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Remembering Queerly: Words from Conversations on Theology and Activism at Galileo Church

There are moments we never forget. These moments meet and transform us. I am...

September 07, 2014

“Becoming Queer and Growing Queerer”

*Delivered at Greater Dallas Metropolitan Community Church When we think about God...we often go...

August 2014

August 03, 2014

The Danger of the Immigration Debate is Forgetting God’s Love for the World

We stood outside the White House chanting slogans about immigration. Leaders of the protest...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

An Open Letter to Christians on Immigration

July 31, 2014 An Open Letter to Christians on Immigration Friends. Jesus fled after his...

July 29, 2014

Let the Children Come to Me: Words Upon Arrival at an Immigration Action in Washington, D.C.

There is a child crying nearby and we ignore it. The louder the cries...

July 22, 2014

Jose Antonio Vargas at ImagiNATION: Immigration

Once there was a couple with a young son who were forced to flee their...

July 22, 2014

The Borderless God in a Time of Borders

When I was growing up, we/I believed everyone who disagreed with us/me about God was...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Jesus Didn’t Die for Your Sins. Jesus Died to Show You the Way…the Way to the Cross. // Some Words from A Good Friday Walk

Lately, I have had a lot of time to think about borders and boundaries. ...

April 11, 2014

Finding Inspiration on Immigration in Strange Places // When Jeb Bush Sounded Like Jesus

I believe that there are rare moments when a person speaks to a political...

March 2014

March 20, 2014

Jesus Enraged: Overturning Purveyors of Injustice

For many of us, our lives are filled with the mundane and monotonous. ...