"The Weekend Wanderer" is a weekly curated selection of news, stories, resources, and media on the intersection of faith and culture for you to explore through your weekend. Wander through these links however you like and in any order you like. Disclaimer: I do not necessarily agree with all the views expressed within these articles …
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 …
A brief reading list on mission
Many times I'll offer some readings lists to correspond with our teaching series at Eastbrook. Alongside of our series "God in Blank Spaces," I wanted to share some resources I believe are worth looking at in brief or reading entirely. Some of these are general, while a few others are specific to our Missions Festival …
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 …
What would Jesus say about 65 million refugees?
This week I wrote an Op Ed for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel entitled "What would Jesus say about 65 million refugees." Here is the beginning of the article: At a time when the world is facing the greatest refugee crisis in recorded history with more than 65 million people forcibly displaced from their homes President …
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