by Justin Pierson | Mar 6, 2018 | Opinion
I looked around at my surroundings in this remote corner of El Salvador and was in pure delight as I saw the Salvadoran mountains with Honduras in the distance. Faraway volcanoes etched the skyline as a nearby tree made a nice frame for the picture I was trying to...
by Joseph Furio | Mar 5, 2018 | Opinion
There is no substitute for a personal encounter with someone who is suffering due to the inhospitable laws and procedures meant to discourage people from seeking asylum here in the U.S. Here is one such story that deserves attention. A Salvadoran named Maria (for her...
by Greg Smith | Mar 2, 2018 | Opinion
Our Mission Immersion Experience group through the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond was well aware of the immigration conversation in our country and its impact on our immigrant friends and neighbors. What we weren’t aware of was how decisions to leave...
by Nathanael Blessington Thadikonda | Mar 1, 2018 | Opinion
How often do we see people at traffic lights and are tempted either to help them or to donate something? Do you remember donating 50 cents to someone recently? What can 50 cents do? A town I visited recently has almost no traffic lights. It is a very small town, yet...
by Cadance Tyler | Feb 28, 2018 | Opinion
El Mozote is hidden in the countryside of El Salvador. In 1981, this small village became the site of a horrific massacre. As a tactical move by the army during the country’s civil war, approximately 1,000 innocent village residents were slaughtered. Thirty-six...
