Immigration and our Call to Love
Her name is Isabelle.1 Originally from Venezuela, she left her home because she and her husband could not afford to feed their children. Life in Venezuela had become untenable. So […]
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A Different Kind of Visitation: Re-Thinking Matthew 25
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be […]
Exceptional
“Oh, but you’re one of the good ones.” I heard this from adults for most of high school. Usually pronounced with bittersweet bewilderment, it would be followed by a […]
Loving Across Difference, Living Without Fear
Not long ago, in conversation with a clergywoman I’d recently met, I mentioned that my husband is Muslim. “Cool,” she said, adding shyly, “Is that hard?” I laughed. “It sure […]
One Book, Many Cultures
Hidden away on our bookshelves is a little black book dating from the 1930s. When I hold it, my hand feels the imprints of my grandfather’s fingers on the cover. […]
Becoming a Sanctuary Church
“Immigrants and Refugees Welcome.” In resistance to the Executive Order banning refugees from seven majority Muslim countries and discriminating against Muslims, those have been the words on our sermon boards […]
¡Bienvenidos! Welcome!
Sunday morning after worship, I sat with Lidia*, trying desperately to hold back my tears as she occasionally wiped hers away, hiding them from her children. Lidia and her family […]
Go Back To Your Country
It was on the way to pick up the kids from school. I slowed to a stop at the crosswalk that connects a paved walking trail with a rails-to-trails path […]
The Granting of Passage
I travelled abroad for the first time when I was six. Along with my parents and my then two-year-old brother we went with some family friends to stay in a […]
Remembering Our Long Legacy
May is celebrated as the Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month and the first celebration took place in 1977. During this month, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders remember […]
