Featured | The Desert

July 5th, 2010 by Jenah Johnson

Gallery Opening

July 1st marked the opening of the Beautifying The Barrio exhibit at Denver Seminary. Friends and visitors gathered to view the artwork, have Mexican refreshments, and toast to the gallery (with some Coca-Cola, served in real glass bottles!). It was a sweet time of celebrating the project, sharing the art, and making new connections with [...]

June 19th, 2010 by mmlindsey

The Exhibit: Beautifying the Barrio in Juarez

When:
July 1 through Aug. 30th, Mon. – Thurs. 8am to 7pm, Fridays 8am to 5pm
Where:
The Denver Seminary Bridge Gallery (click for directions)
Purchasing the Artwork:
To purchase artwork displayed at the exhibit click here or on the “Donate Now” button below. All displayed artwork will be available for purchase and all proceeds go to Amigos Ministries. Bring [...]

Posted in Art, Featured

May 11th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Beautifying the Barrio: Beauty

Inspiration has surged into our lives this week, steady and strong like these unfaltering desert winds moving across the desert. It has been an outstanding week, a profound testament blazing in the face of fear and twisted perceptions, and the undeclared reality of Juarez has been revealed: That she is hungry, capable, and rising.
We could [...]

March 22nd, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

This is Juarez: Raising the Stakes

Photo by Dallas Palmer
Living on the border can cripple a person’s emotional range. I grow more numb with each passing day.
Charles Bowden, High Country News
The choice that we made to move to the desert cost Misty and me dearly. This has been a grueling battle on almost every level, but the longevity of the [...]

January 22nd, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Borderland Moments

Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog

“We don’t play at the cantinas anymore because it is too dangerous. We do two funerals a day instead,” said musician Jose del Villar at the San Rafael cemetery after serenading a grieving widow, a black accordion strapped to his chest.
But residents have little hope. The only thing that the military [...]

January 10th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey

Width of a Fence

Photo by Bruce Berman of Border Blog

My spirit craves relief. The desert cries out for liberation. This afternoon is dragging on and the pain in my neck has moved closer to my brain, tender lightning storms brilliant in my skull. I just read about some more people being shot up and down. Another drug rehab place. 18 dead. [...]

November 4th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey

in-between

Dead leaves, crushed without a thought
of the life that had once blazed within the veins of the
delicate skeletons, only move now with the
wind and the boots and the shoes; marionette puppets,
lifeless and broken.

October 22nd, 2009 by mmlindsey

War on Drugs: Failing humanity.

Our border community is now painfully divided. It is a microcosm of our hemisphere, our world embroiled in a war on drugs. The violence is a wake-up call, not only for Mexico, but also for the U.S.
Billie Greenwood – Allvoices.com

Back in April we posted a short video from The Newspaper Tree about the “War on Drugs”, [...]

Posted in Featured, Life in Juarez

September 3rd, 2009 by Matt Lindsey

Seven

I can’t stand your religious meetings.
I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects,
your pretentious slogans and goals.

May 22nd, 2009 by Matt Lindsey

Amor por Juarez

If Jesus preached in New York City what he preached in Galilee, we’d lay him in his grave again.
Woody Guthrie
Living in a border town as volatile and spotlighted as the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez border will certainly challenge one’s worldview. It has flipped mine upside down. For example, try explaining the $7 million a mile border-fence, [...]