Now on the Red Carpet: Isabel Castillo
JULY 22, 2013 | BY: MARGOT STARBUCK: Could it be true that a vibrant young woman who graduated Magna Cum Laude from a reputable...
Churches Shouldn't Be Think Tanks
JUNE 9, 2013 | BY: AUSTIN THOMAS -- I wonder would happen if we decided to befriend people first and talk about them second. If our...
Why I've stopped saying 'We are a nation of immigrants'
BY: KEVIN MILLER -- “We are, after all, a nation of immigrants.” It’s a line I’ve used as almost a stock answer to individuals putting down...
Stay In or Stay Out! Is America Suspicious of Outsiders?
BY: ALEXIA SALVATIERRA -- Are we a country whose fundamental orientation is to welcome or are we predominantly suspicious...
Dreams of Our Own: Revalidating Traditional Mayan Lifestyles
cialis salemala-Farming-300x196.jpg" alt="" width="270" height="176" />Mario Benedetti, the Uruguayan novelist and poet who best expressed the aspirations and dreams of the oppressed of Latin America, once...
BREAKING: Obama administration stops deporting young immigrants
A day after the Evangelical Immigration Table released their "Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform, " the Obama administration stepped forward to announce they will stop deporting young il...
We Are All Illegal
We are all illegal aliens in the kingdom of God granted entry only by the amnesty of Christ’s blood. That is the strange foundational truth of Christianity. There is nothing I can do to get a green card that...
Fatalities of Prejudice
Confession: I often fall victim to stereotype and blind prejudice against those outside of my cultural, religious or ethnic circle.
I believe many of us have allowed the polarizing and hateful rhetoric of me...
An Imaginary Law: the SBC Approach to Undocumented Immigrants
The Southern Baptist Convention held its annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, and pretended to develop a guide for law and/or legislation concerning undocumented immigrants. As one political commentator point...
Friends Across Borders
Saturday evening, I ran alongside the river of people - The Birmingham News estimated 2, 500; I'd say more - that stretched 11 blocks through the streets of downtown Birmingham.
I'd hitched a ride with som...