Posts Tagged ‘Amor por Juárez’
Juárez: On the ground perspective – Yobel 5
Thank you, Yobel, from the bottom of our hearts! You are brave and powerful. Thank you for saying “yes” to Juarez when the world has slammed the door in her face. Thank you for choosing hope. We love you and are honored to live life with you.
January 25th, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez: On the ground perspective – Yobel 4
They’ll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They’ll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new. -Isaiah 61:4
January 22nd, 2011 by mmlindsey
Juárez on the ground perspective – Yobel 2
As we hear daily of the small remnant of churches and groups canceling their trips to Mexico, our hearts sink. We want to share the truth from the mouths of regular folks actually being on the ground in Juarez. We hope this brings a fresh perspective, a new thought. There is more need in Mexico [...]
February 7th, 2010 by Matt Lindsey
This is Juarez
Photo by Misty Lindsey 2010 “I never even gave the United States much thought,” said José Luís Aguilar Rangel, 38, as he stood over his son’s coffin, which lay next to the coffin of his nephew Horacio. “But Mexico has abandoned us, betrayed us. “Shame on them,” he said, alluding to authorities he described as [...]
September 9th, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Irony in the Desert
Dear Child of God, if we are truly to understand that God loves all of us, we must recognize that He loves our enemies, too. God does not share our hatred, no matter what the offense we have endured. Desmund Tutu Still not sure how Chris sniped this photo; comes with his tactical training, I [...]
July 31st, 2009 by Matt Lindsey
Service in the Desert
The greatest sin of political imagination is thinking there in no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today. Jesus for President This billboard says, “Serve your community”. Ambiguous and obnoxious billboards are infecting this already polluted city. Flooding the streets with more assault rifles strengthens the violence, injects more fear, closes more [...]
January 26th, 2011 by mmlindsey