Canada has a refugee problem.

They have more people willing to take Syrian refugees in than they have refugees. From the linked New York Times article: The Toronto Star greeted the first planeload by splashing “Welcome to Canada” in English and Arabic across its front page. Eager sponsors toured local Middle Eastern supermarkets to learn what to buy and cook …

Why’d I tear up over “Welcome home?”

Is this persecution of Christians?

Not the made-up kind, the kind reported on Faux News, but the real kind found in the scriptures? A United Church of Christ (the Congregationalists, or UCC)  church in southern California wants to take in Syrian refugees, and they’ve received the some really ignorant grief over it. I’d say these folks who are giving this church …

Another country heard from

The Scottish National newspaper’s front page (and thanks, Cynical) from last week:

The National Association of Evangelicals calls for a scriptural approach to refugees

But, as said Leftover, who shared this link in the first place, no one seems to be listening. You can read more here. As says Leith Anderson, NAE president: Of course we want to keep terrorists out of our country, but let’s not punish the victims of ISIS for the sins of ISIS. We are horrified …

We stand with Beirut and Paris

Just like Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, who, in the wake of some 27 (or is it 31 now) scared-bunny governors rolling up the welcome mat for Syrian refugees, said: I think that our nation is tested from time to time, and I think this is one of those times to really dig deep and see …