Topic Tags: refugees

“We seek that our government will offer kindness and compassion to the oppressed who approach our borders and to those who require refuge within.”

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer shares a prayer for Rev. Budde who spoke at the inaugural prayer service.

“1935, the girls are packing / for America. / Their parents will not wait for things to get worse.”

“it cannot be a still small voice”

“Blessed are those who wander. / Blessed are those who gather them in.”

“May we all know a complete healing to be truly free and whole”

Experience of a refugee from the Soviet Union

We cry today until we too are parched and empty / We cry until despair and cynicism and immobilizing fear are washed away