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 …
God of the Displaced Ones
Two weekends ago, I began a new series entitled "God in Blank Spaces." The idea of this series is to connect our thinking about who God is as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with what God does in our world. One question I pondered quite a bit is this: if God is who we say …
Q & A on Christianity and the Refugee Situation
In response to my article at the Journal Sentinel ("What would Jesus say about 65 million refugees?"), I had a few people ask me for more information related to the current refugee situation, what is really going on currently in our nation, and what the proposed ban on refugees is all about. Since more than …
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How Are Refugees Resettled?
After my message this past weekend at Eastbrook, where I offered some final comments about the current response to refugees in the States, I had some conversations with people about how we resettle refugees and whether it is 'safe' to do so given what happened in Paris. This is something we should take seriously. It …
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