Posts Tagged ‘U.S.’
Fact vs. Fiction — 10 Things You Need to Know about the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions
Reports from multiple news sources have confirmed that the Trump administration is poised to set 2018 refugee admissions levels at 45,000—the lowest in the nation’s history. Here’s what the administration has said in its report to Congress to justify these historically low numbers, at a historically high time of need, and the facts you should…
Read MoreWhat is Your One Act of Love?
It’s been a remarkable and difficult month for so many people around the world. If you’re feeling overwhelmed right now, you are not alone. A message from World Relief’s President, Scott Arbeiter: As you consider your one act of love in this current season, we invite you to learn more about the areas in which we’re…
Read MoreWhen a Refugee Child’s Education Stops
While living in the south Asian country of Bhutan, Pabi’s family was forced to flee their home due to political and ethnic persecution. At a young age, Pabi became a refugee. And like many refugee children, Pabi’s education risked coming to a halt. When her family fled to nearby Nepal, Pabi received some education, but…
Read MoreWhen Refugees Go Back to School (Q&A)
Children across the U.S. are returning to school. Recently resettled refugees will be among those children. Tabitha McDuffee, Communications Coordinator for World Relief Dupage/Aurora (WRDA) sat down with both Malita Gardner, Children & Youth Program Manager at WRDA, and Deborah, a former refugee from Southeast Asia and staff member at WRDA, to discuss what the…
Read MoreAn Especially Hard Sunday Morning
It’s a known reality that Sunday mornings are an ‘experience’ for young families. Getting everyone up, ready, and out the door for church provides numerous joys and challenges. For me, this Sunday morning was particularly challenging. On one hand, it was full of joy. My two-year-old daughter had spent her first night in the ‘big…
Read MoreImmigration is Changing the Face of Christianity for the Better
For me, immigration is not a political issue or a policy issue; it’s a very personal issue. My own family’s history has fundamentally shaped who I am as an American, and who I am as a Christian. And as an American Christian, my fear is that the conversation about immigration in this country has become…
Read MoreOut of Many, One — The Power and Importance of Integration over Assimilation
“I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes and with palm branches in their hands.” — Revelation 7:9 This is the picture of eternity that the Apostle John…
Read MoreVIDEO: The Hope House
We are called to care for our neighbor, both American and foreign-born. “To care for both/and. Not either/or. But both/and.” That’s the message Pastor Bill Bigger preached to his church, Hope Valley Baptist in Durham, NC, as the congregation underwent a 5-month discussion and discernment period on whether to build a temporary shelter for incoming…
Read MoreThank God for Women — Calling All Women
Thank God for Women is a blog series rooted in gratitude for the strength, courage, and incredible capacity women demonstrate. Listen, women. It’s been a particularly difficult year. The assaults, insults, and violence towards women in this country and around the world have been devastatingly awful. Yet, the power, strength, beauty, and creativity found in women…
Read MoreA City on a Hill
In his farewell address to the nation in 1989, President Ronald Reagan, borrowing a line from Jesus, described the United States as a “shining city on a hill” for those seeking freedom, a place “teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace” whose “doors were open to anyone with the will and…
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