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March 3, 2022 Dr. Constantin Sigov, Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in Kyiv and Director of the Center of European Humanities Research responds to questions while in Ukraine during the Russian invasion last week. February 23: Hours
by Ed WhiteJanuary 27, 2022 For many, the words inscribed at Lady Liberty represent a false hope to migrants. However, there are victories from time to time that encourage us to keep pushing forward. I will take this opportunity to lift up a friend of
In this interview with Yet Alive, Alfredo Santiago—a social worker, 2021 graduate of Wesley Theological Seminary, and active participant in Latinx ministries in the Baltimore Washington Conference—discuss the unique gifts the Methodist church brings and challenges it faces in offering a welcoming table to all.
Nov. 30, 2021 | CST When US troops withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of August, a local nonprofit began to search for temporary housing for refugees headed for the San Gabriel Valley. The major immediate need is always temporary housing. “That’s the biggest hurdle
by the Rev. Gustavo VasquezNov. 9, 2021 | SAN DIEGO At the beginning of this century, the Rev. Bill Jenkins did not imagine that he would see a deep transformational process in the congregation that he was starting to serve. Jenkins had been appointed pastor
October 14, 2021 Each day is a waiting game at encampments along the U.S.-Mexico border. Hoping for a chance to have their asylum cases heard in the U.S., migrants wait for food and water provided by faith groups. They wait in lines for showers, toilets
Rev. Cathie Capp, currently appointed to University United Methodist Church (Irvine, CA), recently reported on the South Orange County II Mission Area participation in a collective mission project addressing the humanitarian crisis at the border. Several congregations in the area donated in support of the Safe
Nothing grieves my soul more than to see a child on the immigrant journey. That the child Jesus was forced onto that cruel and inhumane immigrant journey, I know grieves all of our hearts. But as Joseph and Mary are forced to leave Bethlehem for
