The Rev. Emilie Smith is Guest Writer on Covenant. She is parish priest of St. Barnabas Anglican Church, New Westminster, Canada, and TLC’s Latin America correspondent.
“I spend every day thinking, how can I stand up and be strong when those around me are terrified?" asks Padre Vidal Rivas, who has lost a quarter of his largely immigrant flock.
Chiclayo went wild. “La Cumbia del Papa” by Donnie Yaipén went viral, declaring in a tune driven by his accordion, “How wonderful—look what Roberto has done.”
Ruth López lads the Anti-Corruption and Justice Division of the Anglican-founded organization, one of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's boldest critics.
Stories from San Mateo, Hyattsville, Maryland, a congregation of migrants “caring for the widow, the orphan, the stranger–being the body of Christ in this place, at this time, in Trump-era America.”
Historias de San Mateo en Hyattsville, Maryland, una congregación de migrantes "cuidando a la viuda, al huérfano, al forastero. Ser el Cuerpo de Cristo en este lugar en este momento, en la América de la era Trump."
Part of an on-going conversation about decline in the Anglican Church of Canada, Emilie Smith offers a response to David Goodhew's assessment of the causes. She does not deny the reality of the numbers, but rather probes why.
