deportation
A betrayal of refuge
In immigrant congregations, deportation anxiety can silence survivors and shield abusers.
Amid cruelty and oppression, can the church be faithful at human scale?
We are all being formed not only by what we profess but by what our bodies learn to tolerate.
Pastoring in a city under siege
As a Black man from the South Side of Chicago, I am used to showing up during a crisis.
Who are our neighbors?
A startlingly large number of Americans support immigration arrests in houses of worship.
On the holiness of casseroles and spreadsheets
When our church offered Rosa sanctuary, our ordinary habits became a politics of hospitality.
Navigating the immigration labyrinth with two pastors facing deportation
We gathered in an ICE parking lot. Not to protest, but to show that we cared.
Facing down ICE in North Carolina
When agents came for Samuel Oliver-Bruno, 27 of his church friends stood in their way.