Nikki Toyama‑Szeto
As an experienced speaker, writer, and trainer, Nikki pulls from her experiences as a leader in organizations like Christians for Social Action, International Justice Mission, the Urbana Conference, and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.
Nikki writes and speaks on faith, justice, leadership, gender issues and racial justice.
Can You Hear the Dog Whistle? A Review Of "Rethinking Incarceration"
By Kathy Khang
It isn’t enough to keep up with current events. Never mind the flurry of posts on social media. The daily ticker of local, national, and international news should have an impact on the way we Christians think, pray, and live our lives in community.
How Garbage Collectors Can Refresh Our Theology
By Gustavo H. R. Santos
Some questions have the power to change our lives. Five years ago, I decided to leave a management consulting career in Brazil to study theology in Canada.
Family Separation and the Mother Love of God
By Gena Thomas
When I walked into the social worker’s office, Julia was sitting there in a brand-new, bright-pink Barbie T-shirt. The social worker said they’d found the T-shirt in their clothing closet, and Julia wanted it. Beautiful, soft onyx curls framed
Latinos on the Front Lines of Climate Change Advocacy
By Karyn Bigelow
For many Latinos, as for other people of color, climate change is a daily lived experience.
Whether they live in Central, North, or South America, their lives are touched in some way by climate change.
If You Speak, Will Anyone Hear You?
By Kathy Khang
The world is a noisy place. Smart phones. Smart watches. Alerts. Notifications. Social media. Satellite radio. Streaming video. News 24/7. On any given Sunday morning in church, don’t be surprised if you hear a guitar or keyboard playing softly in the background during the announcements or prayer. Culturally, it’s almost as if we are uncomfortable with silence.
Still Hiding
By Christie Purifoy
When President Trump announced the end of DACA, another battleground in his ongoing fight against immigrants and immigration, I observed my blonde, blue-eyed, non-Spanish-speaking child with alarm. His biological link to Mexico is well hidden, but will actions such as Trump’s make it easy for him to learn to hate a part of himself?
Family Separation Has Long Been an American Government Policy: Six Generations of Our Chinese American Family Know Firsthand
By Matthew Jeung and Russell Jeung
We’ve been told that when the government separated my grand-uncle from his mother and sisters in 1941, he waited at a bus stop for his father to pick him up.
Families Separated at the Border: Genesis 12 and Romans 13
By Craig Keener
My wife and kids are legal immigrants from Africa. All came from very dangerous situations, but given the limited number of refugees brought into the U.S. each year, probably none of them could have come as refugees.
On Border Fences and the Fabric of Our Nation
By Leslie Harrison
I have always been a proponent for the rights of immigrants, based on the image I have of America according to the picture painted by our history. I am disappointed and ashamed that some Americans have such a short memory and refuse to look at the pages of history, which brings to life the importance of immigration.