Prayer Partner

Dear friend, Yesterday, a judge in Texas once again ruled against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. While the decision does not change anything in the immediate term as [...]

Dear friend, Tomorrow night marks the first of what will likely be many debates in the lead up to the November 2024 presidential election. Candidates for the Republican nomination for president [...]

Dear friend, Next month will mark two years since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban, spurring the evacuation of tens of thousands of Afghans to the United States. World Relief, where I serve as [...]

Dear friend, Last week, I took my ten-year-old daughter on a trip to New York City, where we boarded a boat bound for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. I’ve made that trip at least a half [...]

Dear friend, As the program director for World Relief Southern California in San Diego, I firmly believe in the biblical call to love and welcome others as I have been so loved and welcomed when [...]

Dear friend, As an evangelical pastor whose ultimate authority is God’s Word, I take seriously the biblical admonitions both to love, welcome and seek justice for immigrants and to “be [...]

Dear friend, Not long ago, I was invited to participate in a debate, responding to the question “Should Christians support tougher immigration laws?” You can – and I hope you will – [...]

Dear friends, It’s been a volatile few months on the US-Mexico border. Since last August we have seen big swings in the numbers of individuals and families arriving from a variety of countries. [...]

Dear friend, Earlier this month, President Biden made his first presidential visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, days after announcing a series of policy changes – from our perspective at the [...]

Dear friends, This Advent season, I’m mindful that – not long after he was born in Bethlehem – Jesus was forced to flee the threat of persecution from an evil king and was brought by his parents [...]