Kinan’s Refugee Story My name is Kinan and I’m from Damascus, Syria. I live in Murfreesboro, TN together with my husband and two kids and I teach high school chemistry. My journey to be able to write that last sentence has been so long and hard that sometimes I...
Naseem’s Refugee Story My name is Naseem and I am 18 years old. I arrived in Nashville, Tennessee back in November 2015. My family came to look for a better place to live, better opportunities to find work, and also to get the best education possible for me and...
Refugee Awareness What is a refugee? According to the United Nations, “a refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence” (USA for UNHCR, 2022). This reality starts a long process: A person or family leaves...
Listening Matters Over the past few years, we’ve talked a lot about listening. With the rise of racial tensions in America along with varying positions within Christendom on justice, women in ministry, and to mask or not to mask, pastors all over the country have been...
Strategies for Battles begin with Stillness in God I sat in the doctor’s office. “You have heart disease…with blockage in two of your major arteries.” I couldn’t believe it. I thought, for the most part, I was a healthy young adult who just went in to get some simple...
