Dear friends, “That could be me,” I thought as I passed a homeless person on the street. It had never occurred to me before then, but in my unemployed state, with unyielding financial [...]
Dear friends, A decade ago, two colleagues and I released a book, Seeking Refuge, aiming to raise the alarm that the world was facing an unprecedented global crisis – 60 million people forcibly [...]
Dear Friends, This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case that will impact hundreds of thousands of individuals from Haiti and Syria who currently have Temporary Protected [...]
Dear friends, What do almost all pastors agree on? Hopefully, as we walk together through this Holy Week, all pastors would at least agree – and find hope in the reality – that Christ was [...]
Dear friends, If you’re like me, it’s been an exhausting month. Immigration enforcement operations – which already had been intense in places like Los Angeles, Charlotte and my home region of [...]
Friends, ʹTis the season to prepare room. In the midst of this sacred Advent season—a time of anticipation, hope, and holy expectation—I write to you as fellow Christ-followers from every corner [...]
Dear friends, Thanksgiving, which most of us will celebrate later this week with turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and perhaps a parade or a football game, has a few different origin stories. [...]
Dear friends, In a few weeks, on November 2, Christians around the world will mark the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. It’s a timely reminder that, while most of us [...]
Dear friends, I’m writing this email from Nashville, Tennessee, where earlier this week I got to gather with other evangelical Christians from across the country for our annual Evangelical [...]
Dear friends, Recently, as I’ve been re-reading the Gospel of Luke, something caught my attention in a new way. The second chapter of Luke starts with a governmental policy shift with profound [...]