This post is one of several I’ve written discussing immigration in light of rooting my life and politics in following Jesus. Please add your thoughts on What would help you to feel ‘at home’ in a new environment or consider this longer piece about ‘thinking Christianly about asylum policy’ that I wrote with my friend Andy who heads up the Vineyard English School. If you enjoyed this and want to know about any new post please subscribe to my RSS feed or emails.
On Wednesday 19th June 2024, the Sanctuary Foundation hosted a half day conference at St. Mellitus College called “Migration in Christian Perspective”. With some of us gathered in person and many more tuning in from all over the world it was a fabulous afternoon of insight and wisdom drawn from the experience of some stellar thinkers and practitioners.
I hope these notes are an encouragement or of value for others. All these shared with the caveat that any of the mistakes and errors are down to my transcription and not the people speaking! I also didn’t take notes for every session so this is a partial record.
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