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Dear friends, “Go back to your homeland… back where you belong.” As a child, I didn’t understand what people meant when they said this to me. My family, my house, my school and my [...]

Dear friends, I just got off of a phone call with a woman named Stephanie. Stephanie is a teacher at a Christian school in Southern California; prior to that, she worked in youth ministry at [...]

Dear friends, The last several weeks have been a whirlwind. My organization, like many others, has had beloved colleagues furloughed, others of us have sat with families whose separation will [...]

Dear friends, It has been a busy week. I began this week along the U.S.-Mexico border, visiting a church-based shelter in Mexico hosting individuals who had been waiting for an appointment to [...]

Dear friends, Part of what I love about Christmastime is the predictability. My family is big on traditions. Every year, for as long as I can remember, Christmas Eve has followed a very specific [...]

Dear friends, The book of James talks about how difficult it is to tame the tongue. While it is just a small part of the body, like a spark, it can destroy forests. Like a small rudder it can [...]

Dear friends, I’m writing from San Diego, California, where, along with a group of local pastors from my home state of Wisconsin, we will be learning about the current dynamics here along the [...]

Dear friends, I spent several weeks this summer up in my home state of Wisconsin. Given its status as a “purple” state in a contentious presidential election season, each evening, [...]

Dear friends, I recently read an essay by my friend Alberto La Rosa Rojas that has stuck in my mind. I’ve read dozens of books offering Christian perspectives on immigration, and contributed to a [...]

Dear friends, This month, we commemorated World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day is a mix of celebration, because refugees are resilient people made in God’s image who have overcome incredible [...]