by John D. Pierce | Jul 12, 2022 | Opinion
“We’re fakes.” Those were the first words from my mouth as my colleague Mitch Randall and I departed a June 29 conversation in Dallas with Lorenzo Ortiz. We reconnected with Lorenzo to hear him calmly and confidently share with us his recent experience of being...
by Marv Knox | Jun 17, 2020 | Opinion
On the U.S.-Mexico border, pain eclipses politics. Refugees’ tears paint portraits of pure pain. A pre-pandemic visit to immigrant shelters puts flesh and blood on agony and flickers of hope embodied in immigrants crowded across northern Mexico, seeking U.S. asylum....
by Marv Knox | Mar 27, 2020 | News
Compassion and concern, faith and fear, respect and resolve crackled across the country as pastors who comprise Fellowship Southwest’s ministry to asylum-seekers talked on the phone March 25. They spent almost two hours telling each other about their work with...
by Mitch Randall | Nov 21, 2019 | Opinion
Giving Tuesday is Dec. 3. Giving Tuesday was launched in 2012 as an attempt to unleash the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. Much of Giving Tuesday centers around the notion of soliciting donations for individual nonprofit... by Julio Guarneri | Feb 17, 2017 | Opinion
What do clothes washers, clean beds and coffee have to do with each other? How do these three things relate to relief, development and sustainment? For one, they are most likely a part of our daily lives that we take for granted. For us at Calvary Baptist Church in...
