Burmese refugee youth resettled in Texas exhibit amazing courage and resilience in negotiating American life and helping older relatives and community members overcome language and cultural barriers in the U.S., ethnographic researcher Diane Mitschke said during an April 28 lecture…
Nice white women participate in white supremacy too
The term “white supremacist” tends to elicit a stereotypical image of a raging, gun-toting, Confederate-flag-waving white man. The image is fueled by recent acts of extremism like the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., four years ago or the…
What happens when a biblical ‘Karen’ meets Jesus
If you look up my nickname, Becky, in the urban dictionary, you’ll find the top definition is “A Basic White Girl,” and that is not a compliment. I’m just glad for now that my real name isn’t “Karen” — a…
Where the colors of the world worship together
“If two of our greatest challenges in this country are immigration and health care, then we’re a microcosm of that in this building.”
Photo gallery: Gaston Christian Center
View the photo gallery of Gaston Christian Center.
Video: Karen Baptist Church Pastor Hsa Twel and Wallace Yay interview
Watch the interview with Karen Baptist Church pastor Hsa Twel and Wallace Yay at Gaston Christian Center.
Video: Chin Agape Baptist Church congregational singing
Watch the Chin Agape Baptist Church congregational singing at Gaston Christian Center.
Video: Karen Baptist Church children’s choir
View the Karen Baptist Church children’s choir singing in their native language
Taking it all in – the pain and the joy
Joseph Andrew Haynie’s eyes were blue. Reading his Army discharge papers fifty-eight years after his death, I learned this simple fact. Joe Haynie married Katie Louise Clyde in the tumultuous year of 1941 – and left not long afterwards for…