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Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by Rhythmic

Rhythmic — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:37:43 +0000

Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Rhythmic.

Comment on Bolder by Lanette

Lanette — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:20:20 +0000

Michael,
It sounds like you three had a blast, your blog is wonderful ,so is the one you created for your Dad! I can’t wait to have time to read all of yours, I just picked out the Boulder one. Just think my beautiful, creative,talented daughter(i am not conceited!) will be one of those crazy hippies soon! I will really miss her but from all the things I hear about Boulder, I know in my heart that is where she should Be!!!
all my love to you! lanette

Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by Estuardo Rivera

Estuardo Rivera — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:21:01 +0000

I appreciate your article and your desire to open up dialogue regarding immigration. In my opinion Jesus was more a missionary than he was an immigrant.
On the “practical” side, he and his followers were called “Galileans” when they were outside of Galilee but their intent was not to take up permanent residence in Jerusalem. If that was the intention of the disciples Jesus wasn’t for that as we see in Mat 28.
On the theological side, Jesus dwelt among us only for a time to fulfill the mission of saving humanity. This in my opinion cannot be compared to an individual going to a different land to have access to a “better life.”
In regards to the building of the fence you state “Jesus would not have stood idly by in the face of this militant exclusion of immigrants”, I disagree. Perhaps the method is not the best but Jesus was a respector of the law even though he knew it was a broken system - “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.
I myself am an immigrant, I went to the US as a 14 year old boy from Guatemala with my family. I can recognize that for a few years I was in the US illegally, there is no other term to describe my being in the US w/out documents. However, I chose to work toward becoming a US citizen which I now am.
I do agree with the fact that we are called to be citizens of Gods kingdom.
Finally, one of the problems that many immigrants (specifically from Latin America) encounter is that they want to live in the US but not accept that as their home. Most are afraid that they are turning their backs on their home countries. I am in Guatemala as a missionary for four years, I haven’t forgotten about the land where I came from.

Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by The Ecclesia Collective » Blog Archive » From Friendship to Hope

The Ecclesia Collective » Blog Archive » From Friendship to Hope — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:41:13 +0000

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Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:57:38 +0000

Great stuff, Mike!

I’m with you; it’s time to act.

Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by markvans

markvans — Thu, 15 May 2008 21:11:17 +0000

Hey man… you don’t know me, but I’m a sort of virtual friend of Jason Evans. If you’d be interested, I’d love it if you would submit this as an article on Jesus Manifesto…we have a wide reader base and I’d love to get our readers digging into this. If you’re interested, there is an article submission link at the header of our site (www.jesusmanifesto.com). If you’re willing, could you maybe tweak it in such a way that you end with some thought-proking questions for readers to grapple with?

Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by The Ecclesia Collective » Blog Archive » Jesus Was An Immigrant

The Ecclesia Collective » Blog Archive » Jesus Was An Immigrant — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:16:58 +0000

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Comment on Jesus was an Immigrant by j evans

j evans — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:31:06 +0000

Fantastic, Mike! You nailed it. Thank you for writing this!

Comment on by Hannah

Hannah — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:21:30 +0000

Great video, Mike. I really liked the Dean’s quote. Kind, fair and wise. A motto to live by. Nice work!

Comment on A New Vision of Church by christiandifferent

christiandifferent — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:02:39 +0000

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Click on MDG Liturgy

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