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The “Aliens” Among You. Part 4 of Welcoming the Stranger Series

August 20, 2018 by Royce Francis Leave a Comment

“Francisco was up front about his legal status issues, but Alison presumed as they dated and moved toward marriage that, if he married a US citizen, this could be resolved easily. In hindsight, Alison says she was naive about immigration issues, having grown up in an ethnically homogeneous community where she had no real personal interaction with immigrants. If anything, she was confused by why Francisco wouldn't have just come legally in the first place: “As Americans,” she says, “We have this skewed perspective. Since … [Read more...] about The “Aliens” Among You. Part 4 of Welcoming the Stranger Series

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

The Immigration Dilemma. Part 3 of Welcoming the Stranger Series

August 13, 2018 by Royce Francis 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 The Immigration Dilemma. Part 3 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 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

Winsome Persuasion. A Teaser

March 29, 2018 by Tom Grosh IV Leave a Comment

This week I received a box of books from  InterVarsity Press which included  Winsome Persuasion: Christian Influence in a Post-Christian World by Tim Muehlhoff and Richard Langer  (2017). In the midst of Holy Week, how does Winsome Persuasion, Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics/Evangelism, contribute to the discussion of and engagement in public discourse? … [Read more...] about Winsome Persuasion. A Teaser

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christian Thought and Practice Tagged With: Book Review, communications, intervarsity press, Richard Langer, Tim Muehlhoff, Winsome Persuasion

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