by Sue Smith | Mar 2, 2017 | Opinion
A Salvadoran immigrant whom I’ll call Marcos caused me to dig deeper in order to understand his home country. Since then, I’ve studied the history of El Salvador and I’ve now visited there twice. I’ve made Salvadoran friends both in the U.S....
by Philip Jenkins | Feb 24, 2017 | Opinion
Whatever might drive them to move, migrants carry their religions with them. Yet the religions they bring to their new lands do not remain unchanged. The fact of movement itself is a powerful dynamic force in religious change, and this is nowhere more obvious than in...
by Lynne Hybels | Feb 23, 2017 | Opinion
I signed in early February the World Relief open letter asking President Trump to reconsider his recent executive order impacting refugees. A reporter called asking me to share why I did so. She also asked my opinion on the apparent divide between the pulpit and the...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 23, 2017 | News
Pope Francis stressed that addressing the global refugee crisis requires an urgent, coordinated response based on four verbs: welcome, protect, promote and integrate. Fear, indifference and rejection of refugees is “rooted ultimately in self-centeredness and...
by Neville Callam | Feb 21, 2017 | Opinion
Even a cursory examination of the Bible will fill the mind of an enquirer with a panorama of virtues that can transform the landscape of human experience if they are practiced. One of these virtues is hospitality to strangers. The Old Testament contains many stories...
