Latest from ESAFamilies Separated at the Border: Genesis 12 and Romans 13August 20, 2019Editor’s note: In light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the southern US border, we are reprinting these thoughts by Craig Keener on what the Bible has to say about immigration. We found this article to be as timely today as it was when it first ran over a year…...Read more...On Border Fences and the Fabric of Our NationAugust 19, 2019By Leslie Harrison I have always been a proponent for the rights of immigrants, based on the image I have of America according to the picture painted by our history. I am disappointed and ashamed that some Americans have such a short memory and refuse to look at the pages…...Read more...Wij Zijn Hier/We Are HereAugust 15, 2019By Katelyn Durst We are here and you’d like to forget it, have us more hidden then our black faces and tired, old eyes. Isn’t it enough to leave my own country as a teenager? Isn’t it enough to run on bare feet from my home that is at war…...Read more...Loving Our Neighbors and Our EnemiesAugust 14, 2019By Jon Carlson In a society marked by bitter division and painful injustice, how do we love our neighbors—and our enemies? For the next six weeks, join us every Wednesday for a visual series exploring what God’s love looks like when we live it out in our world. Jon Carlson…...Read more...The Immigrants’ CreedAugust 13, 2019A profession of the Christian faith through the experience of an immigrant. I believe in Almighty God, who guided the people in exile and in exodus, the God of Joseph in Egypt and Daniel in Babylon, the God of foreigners and immigrants. I believe in Jesus Christ, a displaced Galilean,…...Read more...Still HidingAugust 12, 2019By Christie Purifoy When President Trump announced the end of DACA, another battleground in his ongoing fight against immigrants and immigration, I observed my blonde, blue-eyed, non-Spanish-speaking child with alarm. His biological link to Mexico is well hidden, but will actions such as Trump’s make it easy for him to learn…...Read more...The Mothers at the Border Are Named JochevedAugust 8, 2019By Hannah Shanks Like many, I’ve been deeply grieved by the policy of family separation at the border. For weeks I’ve cast about looking for a handhold, for an idea of what to do, for who I am to be during a desperate time like this. Like many, I’ve come…...Read more...Three to Flee: What Would You Take?August 7, 2019By Nikki Toyama-Szeto The bangles are gold, a deeply yellow gold. My preference would be for something a bit more subtle, less yellow…but these gold bangles are so yellow because they are pure, 24-karat gold. I was recently asked what I would take with me if I suddenly had to…...Read more...What They Left Behind: Yasmin’s StoryAugust 6, 2019A two-part interview with two sisters who recently immigrated to the United States By Josina Guess “I want my daughter to be somebody, to surpass me, to have a better future and a better life than mine.” Yasmin* sits up from the couch and rubs her belly. She had dozed…...Read more...
