An Appeal of Christian Faith to Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers
By David Swanson
To the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who’ve entered my wonderful city of Chicago, who share my Christian faith: I plead with you to lay down your tasers and flash-bang grenades, take off your masks, remove the badges representing the federal government, and return to your homes, families, and churches.
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.
Removing Racism from Its Roots: Why Christian Colleges Must Lead with Courage
By Melanie Mock
In September 2008, a group of students hung a cardboard effigy of Barack Obama from an oak tree at the university where I teach. An accompanying sign, meant to critique Obama, suggested that the soon-to-be president, a Harvard-educated lawyer, wouldn’t qualify for a selective diversity scholarship at my institution.
Storytelling Can Activate Justice in Troubling Times
Storytelling Can Activate Justice in Troubling Times
By Melanie Springer Mock
Textbook orders for the spring semester were due in a few days, the 2024 presidential election still a month away.
Rest as Resistance: How Stillness Can Defy Fear and Darkness
By Amy Knorr
On that first solo-driving day, as my daughter backed out of the garage and onto the road with a smile and a little wave, I swear I saw the gossamer shape of a 5-year-old, hands clenched on the handlebars of a tiny bike, pedaling shakily down the street with that familiar left-right wobble of a new rider.
Storytelling Can Activate Justice in Troubling Times
By Melanie Springer Mock
Textbook orders for the spring semester were due in a few days, the 2024 presidential election still a month away. In January, I’d begin teaching International Women’s Literature for the first time in 20 years, and to freshen up my reading list, I added several books from “best of” lists—authors I’d not read before, but whose work seemed appropriate for the course’s objectives.