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." If you haven't followed OSJ Prayers in the past, welcome...
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." Utility Company Filing for Bankruptcy Due to Climate Change...
It has been a chaotic couple months for our government and the entire U.S. As negotiations continue for the federal government to be funded beyond February 15, we as people of faith must hold fast to...
The following story is a real account of what happened, although for the safety of those involved we have chosen not to use their names. The story can also be found in Spanish below the English...
Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation in worship. The lights are lowered in the gym-turned-sanctuary where we worship. Like most Sundays, I’m at the piano leading my congregation...
Many are wondering what Christians who are far from the U.S. southern border can do to seek justice and support the dignity of those who are migrating. Here are a few ideas: 1) Pray If you’re...
Advent: Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin adventus, going back to Latin, "arrival, appearance" Refugee claimants (people who have fled their countries of origin to make a refugee claim, and...
In August of 2016, we at Loop CRC in Chicago helped support a Syrian refugee family in their move from Jordan to Chicago. It was our small way of living out God's call to love our neighbors and...
For the last two years we’ve been working in Northern Uganda to respond to the influx of South Sudanese refugees that fled here due to war. We responded through the WASH program—we constructed 770...
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to...
In January 2018, the Trump administration held back $65 million of a planned contribution of $125 million to the United Nations agency charged with caring for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA...
We offer you this prayer and litany to support your congregations as they work to welcome the stranger, in word and in deed. Prayer Leader: Triune God, in Jesus, you entered our human world --...
