The Immigration Debate: Can the Bible Help?
By M. Daniel Carroll Rodas
The issues surrounding the immigration debate are complex and ongoing. The United States was founded by immigrants, and many can point to ancestors from Europe, Asia, or Africa who reached these shores in the last 250 years.
Three Surprising Things I Learned About US Immigration From a DACA Dreamer
By Kristyn Komarnicki
At the launch of CSA’s PrayforDREAMers campaign last month, when DACA recipient Vanessa Upegui-Seel spoke at Eastern University about her experience as an undocumented immigrant who was bought to the US at the age of 12, I learned three things I hadn’t known before:
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The Church’s “Third Rail” of Immigration
By Craig Wong
The political theater around the topic of immigration can best be described as painfully comic, especially in election seasons, as each candidate frets and spins in a clumsy attempt to communicate a coherent position.
Meeting Juan: Reexamining My Views on Immigration
By Charles Metcalf
It was a Tuesday night, and I found myself in a strange yet familiar place. I had been invited to attend a Bible study. Nothing new here. The unfamiliarity came from the fact that this Bible study was bilingual.
Immigration and the Imago Dei
By Nicole Morgan
On January 30th the House Republican leadership released a one-page document with standards for immigration reform. The document has been met with some hope for a workable compromise between Democrats and Republicans on the issue of immigration reform.
First Time at a Protest? 5 Things I Worried About (So You Don’t Have To)
By Brenna Rubio
It’s a weird, humbling thing to lead a group someplace you’ve never been before! I showed up, a protest newbie who loves Jesus and justice, at one of the February 17, 2025, rallies that were held all over the country to protest the new administration’s policies, and I’m so glad I did.
Christianity, White Nationalism, and the Cost of Complicity
By David de Leon
The first 100 days of the current presidential administration have brought a relentless stream of headlines: executive branch overreach, unelected billionaires wielding powers in shaping government with no accountability, a brutal crackdown on undocumented immigrants without due process, new attacks on higher education and student protestors, and the effects of avian flu continuing to increase egg prices, despite the President’s claim that he’s lowered the prices.
How First Nations Theology Heals My Understanding of the Resurrection
By Mark Glanville
Encountering painful truths
A group from our church visited the abandoned building of a former First Nations residential school. St. Mary’s, as it was called, operated in Mission, British Columbia. We sat in a listening circle to receive the memories, pain, and reflections of two elderly women—one who grew up at that school and another who attended a different residential school nearby.
The Church as Sanctuary: Enfolding Immigrants as Kindred
By Mark Glanville
Sanctuary as kinship: A biblical reflection
The story of undocumented immigrants and refugees in the U.S. includes the rich tradition of churches and other groups offering sanctuary—a practice of providing protection from arrest and deportation for vulnerable immigrants, and often, cocreating a community of belonging.
The Church as Sanctuary: What Does It Mean to Be a Refuge for Immigrants?
By Daniel Montañez
The term “sanctuary” often refers to a sacred place of worship—a temple, church, or synagogue — where heaven and earth meet, and the sacred and profane converse. Even those who don’t regularly attend church may visit a sanctuary in times of deep crisis — after losing a loved one, facing personal struggles, or searching for answers.
