Linda’s Cross (A story of “voluntary” deportation and the separation of a family)

During all six days of the pilgrimage we are carrying a cross made as a gift by immigrants in Gainesville.  However, today the cross took on extra meaning as the first person to carry it was a Mexican woman named Linda*. I had heard from some of the coordinators a bit of Linda’s story and I [...]

Restorer of the streets: A justice fast (Isaiah 58:6-12)

6Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, [...]

A call to repentance: Isaiah 58:1-5

Shout out, do not hold back! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Announce to my people their rebellion, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2Yet day after day they seek me and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that practiced righteousness and did not forsake the ordinance of [...]