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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.
By John Perkins
Sometimes I look at the Bible and think all God is about is justice: “For the Lord loves justice” (Psalm 37:28); “I know that the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy” (Psalm 140:12); “For the Lord is a God of justice” (Isaiah 30:18); “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” (Micah 6:8).
By Nikki Toyama-Szeto
“Where do you find the courage?” one woman asked from the front row. She posed the question to Ruby Sales, a historic leader in the Civil Rights movement. Ruby Sales began her work for the movement in the South, in a time when it was dangerous for her even to buy a soda from a whites-only convenience store.
By Ron Sider
The tax bills currently being rushed through Congress are huge and complex. And the details keep changing. I am not a professional economist specializing on tax law, so I do not claim infallibility for my comments!
By Elrena Evans
In some ways, Auggie Pullman is just like any other fifth-grade boy. He loves Star Wars. He rides his bike. He plays XBox.
But in other ways, Auggie—the main protagonist of R.J.
By Kelley Nikondeha
As parents of children once orphaned by disease and poverty, my husband Claude and I are familiar with the kind of injustice that creates vulnerable children. Our commitment to shalom for communities led us to engage both in the holy work of adoption, and in community development work in Burundi so that these families would never be tempted or tricked into relinquishing their children.
By Melanie Springer Mock
This fall, when I began reading Benjamin Corey’s excellent new book Unafraid: Moving Beyond Fear-Based Faith, my home state was burning. Forest fires were swiftly destroying parts of the iconic Columbia Gorge in Oregon, the ash floating westward to cover my car, over 50 miles away.
By R.H.
I Was An Undocumented Immigrant
It is a curious thing, the border—a fence, a few feet high, made of scrap metal, and with two different realities on each side. It divides everything, and it divides nothing.
By Kristyn Komarnicki
Another day, another mass shooting in America. While I numbly struggle once again with the senselessness of the latest tragedy and the hopelessness I feel in the face of a gun lobby that is willing to
By Aaron Foltz
Against Enormous Odds, an Activist Fights Fracking in His Hometown
In many ways Williamsport, Pa., (pop. 29,304) is the perfect American city. Nestled into a river valley, it’s the town where Little League was born.
By Emily Nielsen Jones
A Call to Protect the Full Personhood of Our Daughters from Both Pornographic and Spiritual Patriarchy
The word “misogyny” may scare some away and sound like inflammatory jargon, but it is alive and well in our world and something we as parents need to guard against.
By Elrena Evans
In 2014, lifelong friends Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray completed the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain.
Justin has a degenerative neuromuscular condition known as Multifocal Acquired Motor Anoxopathy, and uses a wheelchair.
By Becky Gonzalez
The organic farm on which the Tent of Nations project runs is known as “Daher’s Vineyard.” Owned by the Nassar family, this land stretches 100 acres, and is situated 9 kilometers southwest of Bethlehem.
By Mae Elise Cannon, Lisa Sharon Harper, Troy Jackson, and Soong-Chan Rah
Pastor Jer Swigart leads the Open Door Community, a progressive young church, in Walnut Creek, California, outside San Francisco. The church community is defined by what it means to live like Jesus and share his love with the world.
By James K. P. Williams
On September 5, the American Immigration Policy known as DACA—Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals—was rescinded by President Donald Trump. Originally created to remove immigration enforcement from an estimated 1.7 million “low priority” individuals, DACA protected around 800,000 people
By John Backman
Please note: I am fumbling here.
This is what I know about race and me. No: this is what I think I know. As a white person, I doubt I will ever “know about race,” not really, not in my bones.
By Carol Folbre, Ph.D.
The sun kissed the tips of cathedral crosses. It was just after 5:00 AM. Shadows shortened as we walked the narrow streets towards the gates of the Old City. Our local Palestinian guide shouldered our large, wooden cross.
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