By Alan Bean While politicians apportion blame for the thousands of unaccompanied Central American children arriving at our border, the faith community looks for ways to help. I over-simplify, of course. We confront a complex tangle of rhetoric and response,…
Hispanic pastors rally to pray at the border
By Leah Allen More than 50 Hispanic ministers and family members gathered in McAllen, Texas, July 26 to pray for those involved in the border crisis, as thousands of undocumented Central American families and unaccompanied minors enter the United States….
Who really created the border crisis?
By Michael Greer The wise leaders of ancient Israel were keenly aware that the failure to publically atone for the corporate sins of the nation would result in a national catastrophe. The current obsession with fixing blame for the refugee…
A Gospel story, a preacher and two governors
By Chuck Queen In the story of the feeding of the 5,000 in Matthew 14:13-21, the writer basically follows Mark’s account, though Matthew omits Mark’s description of the crowd as sheep without a shepherd. I suspect he does so because…
Shoes offer respite for weary immigrant children
By Russ Dilday By the time the young mother and her two daughters arrived in McAllen, Texas, they were bone-tired. After a harrowing month on the road from their home in El Salvador, they crossed the Rio Grande River. Then…