”There are times in scripture and history when God looks at unjust laws and calls people of faith to stare them down and break them… This is our day. It is time to march. It is time to make some serious noise. We must speak up and out and make it known that we will not lie down. We will not comply with injustice. We will not let hate and fear govern our nation. No! We have come too far for that! Too many people have bled and died and paid severe costs for us to trample on their sacrifices with unjust laws like SB1070.

Lisa Sharon Harper writes for Sojourners/ God’s Politics blog: “From Fear to Fact: U.S. Citizen Arrested for ‘Driving While Latino’ in Arizona”. Lisa is the executive director of New York Faith & Justice and author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … or Democrat

”God have mercy on us.
Take our small actions and multiply them.
Use our songs to soothe the hearts of undocumented immigrants across the nation.
May our songs mix with the sounds of their cries…
and may they all be counted as prayer to you.
Use our hands bound behind our backs and our feet walking toward police wagons.
May our steps remind “the least” that the first shall be last and the last shall be first…
and may our steps be counted as prayer to you.

Lisa Sharon Harper writes in her post “Immigration Activism: ‘Take Our Small Actions and Multiply Them’” for God’s Politics blog. Harper is the executive director of New York Faith & Justice and author of Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican … or Democrat.