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...
"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...
Lord, hear your Easter people's prayers! We live in hope, because He lives. Malaysia Returning ‘Unwanted Plastic’ to Canada Malaysia is denouncing Canada's "irresponsible" export of plastic waste...
As a missionary in Italy, most of my travel time was spent either walking or riding public transportation. One day, while riding the bus, an Italian woman started a conversation with me that was quite...
Lord, hear your Easter people's prayers! We live in hope, because He lives. HIV Outbreak among Pakistani Children In the past month, more than 607 people -- 75% of them children -- have been diagnosed...
Lord, in this Holy Week as we walk with your Son to the cross and wait for resurrection, hear our prayers! Sudan Government in Turmoil, Protests Continue Last week the Sudanese military carried out a...
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...
Political pundits and partisans often use the annual budget announcement as an opportunity to evaluate a government – to sing its virtues or to decry its follies. Many civil society organizations...
We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Study Highlights Disparities in Consumption and Air Pollution A...
From the very beginning of God’s walk with his people, the blessings they enjoyed because of their relationship with God were meant to overflow. “All peoples on earth will be blessed through you,” God...
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Psalm 22:6 (NIV) When we announced to our family, friends, colleagues, and the congregation we were...
