Christians at the Border -

[TBF]

[iandhr]

1. Nothing new.

This is the 21st century version of Irish Need Not Apply.

[napkinz]

2. ...

[pinboy3niner]

4. ...

[herding cats]

5. !

[napkinz]

6. ...

[TBF]

7. I am embarrassed to be living in TX.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, TBF.

[bluesbassman]

8. It's disturbing how many people self identify as "christian"...

And have absolutely no clue what the word means.

I'd blame their leaders for this, but at some point one has to come to a personal realization about what one chooses to profess as their guiding principles and take ownership of those principles and all that implies.

[LanternWaste]

9. And yet more...

And yet more...

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2014/07/11/3459112/faith-groups-unaccompanied-children/

"Various faith groups and churches from across the religious spectrum are already offering robust services for the unaccompanied children, with everything from baptist disaster relief services providing shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas to individual Catholic churches in California harboring kids until they can find a suitable place to house them..."

[rug]

10. Some get it.

http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/033114_bishops_border_mass/catholic-bishops-hold-mass-thousands-who-died-crossing-border/

[TBF]

11. Yes, earlier this month the United Methodist Women

issued this press release - http://www.unitedmethodistwomen.org/news/united-methodist-women-supports-humanitarian-relie (supporting humanitarian aid)

And UMCOR response:

Church seeks to meet needs in border crisis

By Sam Hodges
July 15, 2014 | DALLAS (UMNS)

From handing out hygiene kits to providing legal briefings, United Methodists are working to ease the crisis of unaccompanied minors and others from Central America coming into the United States in sharply escalated numbers.

But church leaders find the extent of the need sobering.

“It’s deepened my prayer life significantly,” said San Antonio Area Bishop James E. Dorff. “You know, in most crisis situations, you can determine that there is an end point. And I’m not sure where that is with this.”

http://www.umc.org/news-and-media/church-seeks-to-meet-needs-in-border-crisis


(Note: Many Methodists have traditionally been very giving, but still awaiting the time when their "open minds" will completely accept LGBT at every level)