I can’t understand much of what he’s saying, though I desperately wish I could. In this small way, I catch a glimpse of the culture shock that awaits the luckiest of these boys.
The Statue of Liberty is weeping at some of the viciousness of these policies. There are 92 scriptures that specifically talk about hospitality to the stranger.
This is what the men on Manus need, the church to live into our baptism. Forget the politics or right or left – we need the politics of grace that is our baptism.