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Posts Tagged: immigration
January 3, 2020
Desperate journeys And a word of blessing by Ken Rummer Aunt Betty came down to the depot to see us off. We didn’t have any food with us. It was raining…. By the time we got to Columbus we were all starving, so Dad got off to get us something to eat. He missed the… Read more »
September 3, 2019
Go Back Home! by Samuel Son On July 14, our president tweeted to American citizens, “Go back home.” I’m Korean American. I came to America with my parents as a seven-year-old and I’m familiar with those taunts. They’ve been hurled at me multiple times in various forms. I want to share two of… Read more »
February 11, 2016
A space for a contemporary woman disciple to give voice to justice concerns in a world where some still think that women’s words are just leros (Greek for “nonsense”) or, in Spanish, disparates Lest we forgetA resource for Sunday’s liturgy based on Deuteronomy 26:5b–10 by Magdalena I. García “A wandering Aramean was my ancestor; he… Read more »
February 10, 2016
Seeing without categorizing Global citizens and universal aliens Our citizenship is in heaven by Anita Coleman One planet. 57.3 million miles of surface land. 7.4 billion people. 59.5 million refugees and displaced peoples, of whom 51 percent are under the age of 18. Sheikh Yassir Fazaga was once one of those refugees. Forced to flee… Read more »
January 27, 2016
The justice-minded musings of a minister Living WaterA prayer for Flint, Michigan by T. Denise Anderson Living Water,Who forever quenches the thirst of those who drink,Who denies no one access to life-giving nourishment,Who pours out until the vessel is emptySo that we may be covered,So that we might have life,Attend to those who thirst.Attend… Read more »
December 2, 2015
A shared space to encounter God’s marvelous mission among all peoples Do I dare accept refugees who could hurt us? A longtime advocate of asylum seekers wrestles with fear and faith in the wake of the Paris attacks. by Roberta Updegraff Courage is not simply one of the [Christian] virtues but the form of… Read more »
October 29, 2015
A shared space to encounter God’s marvelous mission among all peoples Discerning fact from fiction on the refugee frontlinesA mission-experienced Presbyterian reflects on the arguments for and against resettlement. by Roberta Updegraff “It’s all a lie.” A fellow Presbyterian had felt the need to correct my understanding of the plight of thousands of Central… Read more »
September 1, 2015
Seeing without categorizing How do you see me? An intimate portrayal of race, identity, and invisibility in the church and the United States by Anita Coleman I am invisible. . . . It is sometimes advantageous to be unseen, although it is most often rather wearing on the nerves. —Ralph Ellison “You hypocrite, first take… Read more »