Dear friends, My name is Joshua Sprinkle. This summer, I’ve been interning with World Relief, one of the organizations that leads the Evangelical Immigration Table. I’m also an [...]
Dear friends, I’ve been biking a lot this summer, and I try to always wear my bike helmet. That’s in part to protect my brain should I have some sort of an accident – but the real reason I always [...]
Dear friends, Earlier this month, I was in Washington, D.C., sitting with a Member of Congress and a few others discussing immigration policy, when we were all momentarily distracted by the cable [...]
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 [...]