Welcoming the Stranger

Refugees and immigrants have always played an important role in the conception of the American dream. Their reception, however, tells a different story. Sometimes welcomed, sometimes feared, depending on their place of origin and the dynamics of the current political moment, as Christians and church leaders, we dare not forget that refugees and former refugees are real people. Jessica Goudeau, author of After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America, joins Randy and Carson for a conversation on how ministers can help their churches practice hospitality to strangers. Jessica brings real expertise and knowledge, as well as a deep commitment to the way of Jesus, to this fraught but important conversation.

A part of our series Intersection: Where Theology and Practice Meet, this webinar took place on Tuesday, April 13.

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Special Guest: Jessica Goudeau

Jessica Goudeau has written for such publications as The Atlantic, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Teen Vogue, is a former columnist for Catapult, and is the author of After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America. She produced A Line Birds Cannot See, a documentary about a young girl who crossed the border into the U.S. on her own, as well as Teen Vogue’s Ask a Syrian Girl web series. She has a Ph.D. in literature from the University of Texas and served as a Mellon writing fellow and interim writing center director at Southwestern University. Jessica has spent more than a decade working with refugees in Austin, Texas, and she co-founded Hill Tribers, a nonprofit that provided supplemental income for Burmese refugee artisans for seven years.

Questions?

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