Our Story
Searching for Jesus at the Border
In May 2024, our lives were quietly but irrevocably changed during a three-day border immersion experience in El Paso, Texas. We joined a group led by Abara, a faith-based organization devoted to cultivating deeper compassion for migrants. The experience was born from a mix of spiritual prompting, frustration with polarizing rhetoric, and a growing ache to see firsthand what was really happening at the U.S.–Mexico border. more …
In search of hope, they cross the border,
Reaching for a better life, dreaming of order.
Fleeing from violence, and hardship's cruel hand,
They journey to be free and live at peace in a new land.
Ambassadors of Dignity Poem
Commentary
This poem invites us into the tension, and the sacred responsibility, of living as faithful citizens of both heaven and earth. It acknowledges that immigration is a complex issue with moral, legal, economic, and national security dimensions. Every nation has the right and the duty to secure its borders and to enact just and orderly systems of immigration. The poem does not advocate for lawlessness or open borders. Rather, it calls for something deeper and more enduring: open hearts. more …
The Arc of Righteous Anger
From Outrage to Obedience
I felt the fire rise. Hot. Swift.
Outrage at what’s being torn apart,
promises, families, communities.
“This is wrong!” my soul shouted. more ...
From Outrage to Obedience
Testimony
In April of 2024, my wife Margaret and I began a journey that was prompted by anger, real anger, about what’s happening to immigrants in our country. That anger has been reshaped by God into something redemptive, something that burns cleaner and points toward love. more ...