The State of Our Imperfect Unions
I broke my television-news fast to watch the State of the Union speech last week. (I’ve been choosing to ingest news in less emotional, more balanced written form, mostly through The Week.) Early the next morning, I lay awake, processing what I’d witnessed. It wasn’t...
Baby Steps on a Long Journey
On Tuesday, Henry and I, along with a deacon who works with Henry on the border, went to the first hearing for our young Venezuelan friend in the Eloy Detention Center. It felt like taking baby steps, because the lawyer (hired by Cruzando Fronteras) told us that this...
Pausing in the Doorway
We stand at the threshold of another new year. The idea of going through a doorway into something new is a common, yet powerful, metaphor for change. A few days ago, a friend who was my parish priest in Silver City, Paul Moore, posted his reflection on being At the...
Advent Commitments: Letting Go of Control
Henry, my husband, first started getting directly involved in border ministry when we lived in Silver City, New Mexico. Then, and now, we live just a 90-minute drive from the border with Mexico. Henry has begun to volunteer his time, going down to Nogales (both the...
My Sister’s Keeper: A Window on the Immigrant Reality
Last weekend, friends of mine came from the east coast to southern Arizona for the School of the Americas Watch Border Encuentro. Over three days and dozens of miles, hundreds of people gathered to witness against “border imperialism” and speak for the voiceless and...
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