Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 18
The season of Advent urges us to slow down; to dwell in the fullness of God’s good news. God offers us life-affirming joy even as calamity follows crisis like an ever-unspooling tragedy.
Unsettling Advent 2025, Day 15
To launch our week reflecting on Advent in a time of soldiers in the streets, Rev. Jorge Bautista writes about getting shot in the face with a pepper round by a U.S. immigration agent while at a peaceful prayer vigil in Oakland, California.
The Fundamentalist Roots of Trump and Vance’s Nativist Attacks on Immigrants
Contributing writer Rodney Kennedy connects recent racist rhetoric aimed at immigrants to the early 20th-century Baptist pastor J. Frank Norris.
Chicago Pastors Help the City Grapple with Flood of Migrants
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending thousands of migrants to cities like Chicago, Illinois. Many churches in the Windy City are stepping up to help care for the migrants.
At Milwaukee Church, Refugees Find Welcome from a Less Suspicious Time
At a diverse multi-ethnic church, refugees, and immigrants find a home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at a time when many White evangelicals view newcomers with suspicion.
Unsettling Advent, Day 21
In day 21 of our Unsettling Advent devotional series, Joy Martinez-Marshall reflects on the flight of the holy family in the Bible and the plight of refugees and immigrants today.
Pandemic, Loss Unite 2 Rural Missouri Baptist Pastors Around Faith
Thirty miles of rural Missouri separate the two churches, and so much else. Still, every Tuesday the pastors meet, seeking each other’s counsel, sharing their joys — and, more often, their burdens. Because in these pandemic-wracked days, they are sometimes overwhelmed by the crucible of
What a Chaldean Christian’s Deportation and Death Means for All Americans
Jimmy Al-Daoud’s deportation and death is not a mystery or a mistake. It’s part of a progression that has tightened a cordon around the Chaldean Christian community for more than five years.
Growing Numbers of Immigrants Are Taking Refuge in Churches
For the last six months, Clive and Oneita Thompson and their two children have been doing familiar routines in an unfamiliar place.For the Thompsons, a move into a United Methodist Church in order to avoid deportation means sharing space with strangers.
Protestant Pastors Affirm Ministry to Immigrants; Few Churches Engage
A disconnect exists in U.S. Protestant congregations between leaders affirming responsibility for ministry to immigrants regardless of documentation and churches actually doing so, according to a LifeWay Research report published Feb. 20.
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