Tag: structural change

Seeking Salvation–Without Soul Vulturing

As much as refugees need fame; as much as they need freedom from political, economic, and social oppression; as much as they need food, water, and shelter; we know—as Christians and as Christian humanitarians—that at...

/ July 30, 2018

Making Refugees Famous: Raising Awareness

As the Church adopts a new, strong, righteous presence in this age of the uprooted, increasingly stepping into positions and platforms that equip it to hear, understand, serve, and be served by refugees, it needs...

/ July 23, 2018

10 Presences the Church Can Practice for Refugees

Presence 1: Live a Public, Political Faith The Church can live out a public religion, as it was always meant to. Christianity was never intended to be a privatized faith, as though it has no...

/ July 16, 2018

Fallen Powers and Church Presence

The root problems of refugeeism are giant and many. Policy, economics, discrimination. I will never forget when a Syrian project leader from Aleppo told me we are all responsible for displacement around the world because...

/ July 9, 2018

Addressing the Root Problems of the Refugee Crisis

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. –...

/ July 2, 2018

Responding to Refugeeism: A Three-Pronged Plan of Action

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward. – Matthew...

/ April 16, 2018