For Many Muslims, Family Border Protections Are Personal Aysha Khan July 19, 2018 Immigration & Refugees, Interfaith, Politics, Practical Justice “Islam is a faith of action. And we don’t want to be complicit in what we see as a crime.”
We Will Not Cooperate Shane Claiborne June 27, 2018 Immigration & Refugees, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology We will not be silent in an age of injustice — in this reign of terror of our contemporary Herod.
Why Won’t Most of Trump’s ‘Court Evangelicals’ Publicly Condemn His Border Policy? John Fea June 25, 2018 Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology When political leaders separate family members, no matter what nation or political party they represent, it is reprehensible and un-Christian.
Separated on Father’s Day Kelsey Herbert June 17, 2018 Family and Parenting, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology This father was forced to make this choiceless choice to leave his country, and the United States should not prosecute him or separate him from the only son he has left.
God, Our Parent, Would Never Treat Children Like This Lee Ann Pomrenke June 15, 2018 Family and Parenting, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology A Father or Mother God would never endorse ripping apart parents and children to make a political point or even to deter immigration.
Separating Immigrant Children from Their Families is Torture Jennifer Butler June 9, 2018 Family and Parenting, Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology 1 People of faith must also condemn a policy that punishes children for their parents’ attempts to protect them.
Why It’s Not Okay to Call Humans ‘Animals’ Britney Winn Lee May 31, 2018 Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Theology Seeing people as anything less than God’s image-and-spirit-bearers is blasphemous.
My Mother Did a Very Brave Thing Kinga Farkas May 10, 2018 Family and Parenting, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Theology Families are meant to live together — not apart.
Heeding the Sacred Call to Give Sanctuary to the Vulnerable Traci Blackmon and Jonah Dov Pesner April 23, 2018 Church Life, Immigration & Refugees, Theology As we transition from Easter and Passover, may we reflect together on human dignity and compassion and resist the criminalization of immigrants.
Call It A Family Reunion Kate Kooyman March 22, 2018 Church Life, Family and Parenting, Global, Immigration & Refugees, Theology If we are the church, the family values folks, then let’s stop perpetuating this harmful buzzword of “chain migration.”