Where Your Heart Is… immigration Archives

September 26, 2022

Peacemaking: Immigration/Migration

Posted 6:00am

Building Connections to Welcome the Stranger Wandering the streets of Athens with two small children in tow, Fatima had nowhere to turn. Left homeless following a massive fire that closed the Moria Refugee Camp in Greece, the native Afghani was arrested and imprisoned after unknowingly becoming involved with drug dealers. Devastated and alone in a… Read more »

October 1, 2021

Peace & Global Witness: The Light Shines On

Posted 4:18pm

Have you ever felt so far from God’s peace that you couldn’t even imagine it? Natalie Pisarcik testified during Sunday worship in her home congregation, First Presbyterian Church of Boonton, New Jersey, that she was in that place. A place so dark that she was ready to end her pain. Ready to take her own… Read more »

September 24, 2021

Peace & Global Witness: The Light of Understanding

Posted 3:17pm

As well traveled and as fully versed in Presbyterian mission as he is, Tom Elander was still surprised by what he witnessed and learned at the U.S.-Mexico border last winter. As a participant in a travel study seminar hosted by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program to help better understand the real-world impact of migration and immigration… Read more »

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