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Welcoming the Stranger: My Impressions of the First Edition (Part 2 of Welcoming the Stranger Series)

August 6, 2018 by Royce Francis 1 Comment

Last week we introduced a new series by Royce Francis, an associate professor at George Washington University and an ESN author. Royce was inspired to learn more about immigration when he attended InterVarsity's Northeast Faculty Conference last summer, and now he's sharing his thoughts on the InterVarsity Press book  Welcoming the Stranger, as well as some notes about training to run the Baltimore Half Marathon in support of World Relief. You can browse the first post here  or all of Royce's work for ESN here.   … [Read more...] about Welcoming the Stranger: My Impressions of the First Edition (Part 2 of Welcoming the Stranger Series)

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Baltimore Running Festival half marathon, citizenship, exercise, health, Immigration, immigration policy, immigration reform, intervarsity press, undocumented persons, Welcoming the Stranger, Welcoming the Stranger Series, wellness

Welcoming the Stranger—My Half Marathon Journey In Solidarity With World Relief

July 30, 2018 by Royce Francis 6 Comments

Royce Francis shared a series on writing this spring, drawing on his expertise as a professor of engineering who also teaches engineers to write. We had a great response to that series, and we're happy to welcome Royce back to the blog for a new series on immigration, inspired by an InterVarsity Faculty Conference. Image: Ruth and Boaz, one of the biblical stories of welcoming the stranger.   … [Read more...] about Welcoming the Stranger—My Half Marathon Journey In Solidarity With World Relief

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Baltimore Running Festival half marathon, citizenship, exercise, health, Immigration, immigration policy, immigration reform, intervarsity press, undocumented persons, Welcoming the Stranger, Welcoming the Stranger Series, wellness

Book Review: Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers

April 18, 2015 by Bob Trube 2 Comments

Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers,  Dale Hanson Bourke. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2014. Summary: Third in “The Skeptics Guide Series” and like others in the series provides a concise overview of basic facts about immigration and discusses the challenges of immigration policy in the United States. The United States is a land of immigrants. Most of us can trace our roots back to forebears who came to the United States either to escape persecution or simply to find a better life. And yet … [Read more...] about Book Review: Immigration: Tough Questions, Direct Answers

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Book Review, citizenship, Dale Hanson Bourke, Immigration, immigration policy, undocumented persons

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