“yesterday morning, as one of my 16 year old female students waited at the Old Town trolley station to go to school, she was approached by border patrol agents and asked for “papers” – she showed them her school ID and explained that she was on her way to school, but she was continually harassed [...]

NOTE: I am writing this post because several people sent me notes after following my Twitter updates yesterday. I wanted people to be able to read fully what happened. Initially I intended to post this on my personal blog rather than the Ecclesia Collective blog. There are three reasons why I post about these issues [...]

As promised, here is the latest information on Friendship Park. This was the press release our coalition sent out today…
Friends of Friendship Park Coalition Calls on Federal Authorities for Transparency in Plans for Border Wall Construction
Human Rights and Peace Advocates Insist that Public Access Remain a Priority
San Diego, California – On Monday, December 29, 2008, [...]

Friends of the Collective,
As many of you know, I have become increasingly involved in border issues here in San Diego. Weekly, I go to the border, to Friendship Park, to take communion with sisters and brothers from both sides of the border. Myself, other members of the Collective along with other San Diegans have continued [...]

For almost two decades, residents from San Diego, CA and Tijuana, BC have traveled to Friendship Park on a cool Saturday afternoon in December. They come together to celebrate La Posada sin Fronteras. My first experience with Friendship Park was at La Posada. Literally meaning “the inn” in Spanish, La Posada is a longstanding Mexican [...]

Geoff Hsu has posted a bunch of photos from the God’s Kingdom and Migration talk at Friendship Park yesterday. Maria and Marcos BROUGHT it!

For several months now, some of us that are a part of the Hawthorn House have been volunteering at Dorcas House. Dorcas House provides a home for children whose parents are incarcerated in La Mesa Prison in Tijuana. The home is in Tijuana, located across the street from the prison. It has been a formative [...]

Have you been wrestling with how to think about border and immigration issues through the lens of God’s Kingdom? Is the border fence a good or bad thing? Is this an issue between two cities, two countries, or perhaps two kingdoms? Where should our allegiances lie?
You’re invited to a forum this Saturday, October 25 at [...]

For the last month or so, I leave my house around 2:30p.m. on Sunday afternoon, get in the car and head towards the border. I pull into the parking lot next to Friendship Park, walk to the fence and celebrate communion with people on both sides of the border. My new friends, Lars and Bethany [...]