Two friends from Eastbrook Church recently published a wonderful article, "From Captivity to Freedom," in The Living Church on the Yazidi community in Lincoln, Nebraska. I guarantee that you will be moved by the powerful words and photos by Asher Imtiaz and the poem by Mari Reitsma Chevako. This is a great follow-up to some of my …
The Immigrant Apostles’ Creed
A friend shared this creative rewriting of the Apostles' Creed from an immigrant perspective with me this week. Apparently it was originally written by Rev. Jose Luis Casal, the Director of Presbyterian World Mission and an immigrant to the USA from Cuba. It is thought-provoking. I believe in Almighty God, who guided the people in exile …
Next Steps on Displaced People
In response to our MissionsFest and preaching on displaced people both by me and Jenny Yang of World Relief, our mission team offered a list of next steps as our response to displaced people and the needs of the world. I've slightly edited it for online readership. SHOW HOSPITALITY. Thanksgiving is coming! Invite a refugee …
God of the Displaced Ones. part 2
This past weekend, I concluded both Eastbrook's Missions Fest as well as our series "God in Blank Spaces." Building off of Jenny Yang's message on the global situation of displaced people the previous weekend, I continued the theme of God's mission amongst the displaced people of the world. My approach to this topic, however, was …
Notes on Displaced People
In her message, "God of the Displaced Ones," this past weekend at Eastbrook Church, Jenny Yang went through a lot of notes on displaced people, including statistics, figures, quotes and more that I wanted to share here. A total of 65.3 million people were displaced at the end of 2015. It is the first time …
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