{"id":659,"date":"2010-07-01T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T17:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2010\/07\/immigration-reform.html"},"modified":"2010-07-01T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T17:51:09","slug":"immigration-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2010\/07\/immigration-reform.html","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Reform:  A Christian Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, President Obama addressed comprehensive immigration reform. He even invited a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2010\/07\/01\/cheat-sheet-obamas-evangelical-cabinet-on-immigration-reform\/\">prominent evangelicals to attend<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have you heard of Colorado Christian Leaders for Immigration Reform? &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It&#8217;s a collation of Christ-followers who have thought long and hard about how Christians should lead, encourage and advise our political leaders when it comes to this vital issue of our day. &nbsp;CCLIR has crafted a statement that they are hoping pastors and ministry leaders will sign thus allowing them to go meet with politicians and say, &#8220;Look, there are hundreds of Christian leaders who are asking you to do something about immigration reform.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I think that you will find the statement thoughtful, biblical and bi-partisan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here&#8217;s the website: &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/coloradochristianleaders.com\/\">coloradochristianleaders.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b><font><font>Join the Groove: &nbsp;I&#8217;d like for us to discuss the statement in more detail, but for now what&#8217;s your first impression?<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, President Obama addressed comprehensive immigration reform. 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Author of Finding the Groove: Composing a Jazz-Shaped Faith (Zondervan) and the upcoming, Strange Fruit: The Cross as a Way of Life (2011). Founder of Project 127, a ministry dedicated to seeing the day when there are no children waiting for homes in Colorado's foster care system. Robert deeply desires to see the body of Christ mobilized to serve the least of these. The poor, the down and out, the disenfranchised and disabled, those deemed unimportant and the unborn. He believes that God loves all people yet he has a special heart for the poor and the poor in spirit, the miserable and the marginalized. A Contributing Editor for Leadership Journal and Urbanfaith.com. He acquired a B.A. in Bibilcal Studies from Colorado Christian University and a Master of Arts in World Christianity (Missiology) from Denver Seminary. Robert is married to the love of his life, Barbara, and they have six energetic children (3 boys &amp; 3 girls--one bio, five adopted--two from Ethiopia). 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