Immigration – Page 4 – Walking Together in Faith

STAND FOR WELCOME

The refugees from Syria are ordinary people just like us, seeking life and safety. As Americans, we have strength and responsibility and principle in this world to make a difference for good.

Then [Jesus] took a little child and put it among them; and taking it in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one who sent me.” [Mark 9:37] As I was preparing this sermon for a clergyContinueContinue reading “WHOEVER WELCOMES ME”

A Visit with Children at the Border

The issue of unaccompanied minors crossing the U.S. borders has raised a firestorm in recent weeks. Bishop Michael Rinehart of the Texas Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, visited with some of these children and posted his observations on his blog. It is presented from both a humanitarian and theologicalContinueContinue reading “A Visit with Children at the Border”