Blogs

May witnessed the end of Title 42. This was an immigration policy enacted under the Trump administration and continued under the Biden...

A few months ago, Ivy and I decided to create a BFJN podcast. There were a lot of reasons why this format really fit with the mission and...

Uncomfortable Conversations: Blog Posts: Podcast: How are you living out justice in your own life or community? Share with us in the...

In a previous blog, I touched on the intersectionality of housing justice. One of the areas that was mentioned was climate change. In...

Since the Nashville school shooting which left 6 victims dead, we have had 7 mass shootings in the US. A mass shooting is generally...

In a world with seemingly endless distractions and modern “conveniences” that make us constantly accessible to friends, our jobs and even...

For the first half of the year, BFJN has decided to dedicate its focus to the issue of housing justice. While we have touched on it...

Last semester at Gordon College, I had the privilege of taking Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover’s women and politics class. During this class,...

I have recently been reading Richard Rohr for a Christian Simplicity class I am in. What a blessing and privilege to “have to” read so...

Thank God it’s Friday! Praise the Lord! If you are reading this right now, guess what? God has carried you through the week, and that in...

You may have noticed it was a little cold recently – we broke the kind of records you don’t really want to break. Hitting new lows in...

This is our third and final blog considering the parable of the rich fool. Catch up on the first and second entries and then let’s look...

This is the second of a three-part series on the parable of the rich fool . Last week we looked at what prompted Jesus to tell this...

This is the first blog in a three-part series examining the parable of the rich man and considering how this story and the way Jesus...

We all at some point, were broken and in need of repair, and yet God didn’t toss us to the side, forget about us, and move on. He took...

What is a favorite memory or moment from 2022? Maeve: My favorite moment from 2022 was getting engaged! My fiancé and I are high school...

Truly He taught us to love one another; His law is love and His Gospel is Peace Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother And...

And he puzzled three hours, til his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before! “Maybe Christmas,” he...

Sometimes I feel as if my world is too chaotic for the work of God. But, I am reminded in Advent that he comes. He comes in dangerous...