What is frightening about the recent mass killings in San Bernardino, Calif., is how easily seemingly ordinary individuals can wreak havoc on the lives of so many innocent people. Our vulnerability to mass murder has been revealed many times in…
‘Jesus was a refugee’: An irrelevant argument
The massive right-wing opposition to the U.S. receiving Syrian refugees is deplorable, and those speaking out in favor of showing compassion for such refugees are to be commended. It is also praiseworthy that many of the latter are Christians, even…
The neighbor in me
By Nell Green They are all around us. They come from places other than the United States. They talk differently. They dress differently. They eat differently. They go to school with our children. They are our doctors and nurses. They…
History, immigration and the future
By Nora O. Lozano La versión en español está disponible aquí. First, I want to thank those who wrote me with responses to my previous column, “I am an Immigrant.” While some asked me to write more about the political scene…
La historia, la inmigración y el futuro
Por Nora O. LozanoTraducido por Cristina Rodríguez Alejandro An English version is available here. Antes que nada, quiero agradecerle a aquellas personas que respondieron a mi columna anterior, titulada: “Soy una inmigrante”. Mientras que algunas personas me pidieron que escribiera…
Pope Francis inspired ministers who work with marginalized
By Jeff Brumley Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United States energized immigration activists in a speech to Congress and gave hope to prison inmates in Philadelphia. But even before arriving on U.S. soil on Sept. 22, the pontiff also…
Hispanic leader to be nominated president of Texas Baptist group
By Ken Camp and Jeff Brumley René Maciel, president of Baptist University of the Américas, will be nominated this fall for president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. And it comes just as the 2016 presidential election cycle is turning…
I am an immigrant
By Nora O. Lozano La versión en español está disponible aquí. Last week the issue of immigration returned to the news as Donald Trump was challenged by Mexican-American Univision anchor Jorge Ramos regarding Trump’s plans, if he becomes U.S. president,…
Soy una inmigrante
Por Nora O. Lozano An English version is available here. La semana pasada el asunto de inmigración regresó a las noticias, cuando el reportero México-Americano Jorge Ramos cuestionó a Donald Trump en relación a sus planes, si llega a ser…
Christian stuff the world needs, part 1: Welcome the stranger
By Corey Fields We hear a lot about the declining influence of the church and decreased religious participation. I can’t help but think that this has been partially self-imposed by our tendency to let issues of individual morality and other…
One couple tries to ease plight of Africa-to-Europe immigrants
By Greg Warner In past centuries, West Africans were forcibly exported as slaves to work in the New World and Europe. Today, that dangerous and desperate journey exists in a different form. During the slave trade of the 1700s and…
Baptists must do more to help immigrants, advocate says
By Jeff Brumley Baptists can no longer stand by and watch as Catholics, Mennonites, Methodists and other Christians take the lead in ministering to immigrants, a Baptist scholar and immigration advocate told members of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North…