Part 3 in the Seeing Beyond the Immigration Rhetoric series The following is a transcribed video interview between the Office of Social Justice (OSJ) and church partners at the U.S. southern border...

"Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord." - Romans 12:10-11 German Ship Captain Threatened...

Immigration is our story. It’s our denomination’s story and it’s the story of most CRC and RCA congregants over the decades. It is our heritage, and we particularly recognize that this summer because...

For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Isaiah 52:12 Four Bodies Found by the Rio Grande near U.S.-Mexico Border U.S. Border Patrol agents have located four...

There are (at least) three crises at the Border right now. As advocates, we must know how to speak clearly and effectively about each one. 1. Crisis One: Unaccompanied children are being held in mass...

Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Romans 8:26 Chinese Church...

Part 2 in the Seeing Beyond the Immigration Rhetoric series Immigration has become a heated topic; most of us have formed strong opinions on the subject. It is also a complex topic, encompassing a...

"God, we pray for correction and justice" Canada to Ban Single-Use Plastics by 2021 Canada will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday. The prime...

This is the first installment in the blog series "Seeing Beyond Immigration Rhetoric" Don't miss a post in this series-- sign up here. News broke this week of an unplanned inspection of an El Paso...

Children Can Increase Parents’ Concern about Climate Change According to a paper published in Nature Climate Change, a team of social scientists and ecologists from North Carolina State University...

Lord, hear your Easter people's prayers! We live in hope, because He lives. Over 300 Dead, 500 Injured after Bombings in Sri Lanka On Easter Sunday a series of coordinated suicide bombings at churches...

My great-great grandparents, Gjalt and Klaaska Heslinga, came from the Netherlands to the U.S. in 1893 under the false promise of good farmland in the San Luis Valley of Colorado. Barely into their...