Authentic Christianity is Pro-Refugee and Immigrant. Period.

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I’m no full-fledged Biblical scholar, but even with my intermediate familiarity with the Bible, it’s vividly apparent that the God that Jesus embodies is pro-refugee.

Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were refugees.

Every single one of us alive today is a direct result of immigrants and refugees getting safely to their ‘promised land’ (wherever that was for them) and thriving there.

I typically don’t write about current events. I far prefer to keep my posts here evergreen. But this topic — the one of immigration — is as evergreen as they come. Since long before Yahweh in Egypt, this has been a hot topic, culturally speaking, worldwide.

The news of the dead father and daughter floating in the Rio Grande brought immediate tears to my eyes.

A Father And Daughter, Drowned At The Border, Put Attention On Immigration

I have a daughter. She’s five years old — a few years older than 23-month old Angie Valeria, the drowning girl, it seems. Right now, our administration seems to favor people like us. Those of us who were born with white skin and who aren’t currently on…