by social@thebtscenter.org | Dec 11, 2025 | Blog, Commentary, From The BTS Center's Executive Director, Immigration
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and I’m just outside the Cumberland County Jail, standing shoulder to shoulder with colleagues and comrades. We’re keeping vigil on a street corner in solidarity with immigrants who are being held in cinderblock cells just beyond our...
by Kay Ahmed | Nov 7, 2019 | 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyMission, Commentary
For people in ministry, one of the most frustrating phrases to hear from congregants and committees is, “But we’ve never done it that way before.” There is often a lot packed into that one sentence—fear (of risk, of failure), hesitation around trusting the pastoral...
by Kay Ahmed | Oct 3, 2019 | Commentary
On a warm Friday night in August I sat outdoors with my friend Xavier and three of his buddies, enjoying the pasta dinner I had prepared for the occasion. Xavier is affectionate and talkative, eager to regale us with pieces of his story—emigration from Cuba during the...
by Kay Ahmed | Sep 10, 2019 | 21stCenturyMission, Commentary, Immigration
The demands on us related to immigration are overwhelming and may seem insurmountable. There seems to be no end to the mass suffering and injustice being inflicted on immigrant families—in particular children and youth—who are simply trying to survive in the midst of...
by Kay Ahmed | Apr 30, 2019 | 21stCenturyReligion, Commentary
It’s all a game. These are not the words that the demands of our time might seem to merit. With the world on fire and political turmoil having become the constantly unsettling norm, we know that the church is being called to action in ways many of us had not imagined...
by Kay Ahmed | Apr 1, 2019 | Commentary
Perhaps you have noticed the increasingly large number of candidates putting their names forward for the Democratic presidential primary election. With the current president’s popularity in constant question and his policies being excoriated by every news outlet...
