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Living in relationships with immigrants, refugees, and other low-income people . . .

January 11, 2019 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

Living in relationships with immigrants, refugees, and other low-income people has forced us to grapple with the question of what it means for us, as followers of Christ, to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. It has also awakened us to the ethically complex questions of immigration and refugee policy—who do we let in, what do we do with those who came in even though our government did not allow them in, and what effect will our policies have on those already here and struggling to get by? Of course, our attempts … [Read more...] about Living in relationships with immigrants, refugees, and other low-income people . . .

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice, Quotes Tagged With: Immigration, intervarsity press, Prayer, Read...Quote...Reflect, urbana student missions conference, Urbana18, Welcoming the Stranger

A Christian Response to the Immigration Dilemma: Part 12 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

October 15, 2018 by Royce Francis 1 Comment

We have argued that Scripture makes repeated and clear calls for us to take special concern for the stranger, to love them as ourselves, and to welcome them as if serving Jesus himself. God commands us to obey, which is primary if we are to truly follow Christ. ‘There is no other road to faith or discipleship,' Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes, except ‘obedience to the call of Jesus.' We dare not dismiss God's instructions to us, but rather should move from reflection to prayerful action. Serving and loving immigrants can … [Read more...] about A Christian Response to the Immigration Dilemma: Part 12 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

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

Immigration and the Church Today: Part 11 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

October 8, 2018 by Royce Francis Leave a Comment

And behold, a lawyer stood up to put [Jesus] to the test, saying, “Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the law? How do you read?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered right; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my … [Read more...] about Immigration and the Church Today: Part 11 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

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

Immigration Policies and Politics. Part 10 of the Welcoming the Stranger Series

October 1, 2018 by Royce Francis 2 Comments

Our national immigration laws have created a moral, economic and political crisis in America. Initiatives to remedy this crisis have led to polarization and name calling in which opponents have misrepresented each other's positions as open borders and amnesty versus deportations of millions. This false choice has led to an unacceptable political stalemate at the federal level at a tragic human cost.  —Soerens and Yang (2018) quoting the Evangelical Statement of Principles for Immigration Reform in, “Immigration Policies … [Read more...] about Immigration Policies and Politics. Part 10 of the 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

Book Review: Introverts in the Church

September 30, 2018 by Jessica Hudson Leave a Comment

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Adam McHugh provides a very reflective and open-minded resource in his  Introverts in the Church: Finding our Place in an Extroverted Culture  (Intervarsity Press, 2009).  As I began to digest it, I soon thought of two books published in the past few years—one, Susan Cain's  Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking  (Penguin, 2012) and second, more tangentially related, Angela Duckworth's  Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance  (Scribner, 2016). As it turns out upon my investigation, … [Read more...] about Book Review: Introverts in the Church

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: church, church leaders, culture, intervarsity press, Introverts, leadership, lectio divina, The Rule of St. Benedict

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