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)
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Welcoming the Stranger—My Half Marathon Journey In Solidarity With World Relief
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
The Theology of Evangelical Action on Immigration Reform
This is the fourth post in an Urbana12 series by J. Nathan Matias (@natematias), Research Assistant, MIT Media Lab Center for Civic Media. This post in original form can be found here. ------------------------------------- This weekend, I'm at Urbana, a gathering of Christian students interested in the work of the church worldwide. Over the next few days, I will be blogging two kinds of sessions. Sessions like this morning's gathering [12/29/2012] are intended to inspire and challenge Christian students to … [Read more...] about The Theology of Evangelical Action on Immigration Reform