by Laura Beth Bugg | Sep 25, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series. Part one is available here. Part three is available here. *Navid’s real name has not been used to protect his identity. Talking with Navid* about his journey, I was taken back to Walter Shurden’s undergraduate...
by Laura Beth Bugg | Sep 24, 2019 | Opinion
I first met Navid* while sitting in my car in Toronto. It was a bitterly cold February day. I had just finished giving a lecture on migration and religion to a group of undergraduates. Now, I was staring at a tiny phone screen, talking to a refugee in the searing heat...
by Kim and Marc Wyatt | Sep 23, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove a name for privacy and security concerns. Welcome House Raleigh is a temporary housing ministry for refugees and immigrants seeking a long-term housing solution modeled on the Matthew Houses in Canada....
by Jason Coker | Sep 6, 2019 | Opinion
When I hear the word “literacy,” it becomes very personal. My grandmother was the strongest and toughest person I ever knew as a child. When she was a little girl – a “tweenager” – she could pick 300 pounds of cotton a day. That’s about a quarter acre of land and what...
by Karen Morrow | Sep 6, 2019 | Opinion
Learning is fun! Weekly, one can find recently resettled refugee preschoolers from around the world and their parents in apartment clubhouses throughout Fort Worth, Texas, singing, dancing, reading and learning. “Put your finger in the air, in the air. Put your finger...