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Jen Bradbury
Sep 14 · 5 min read

Really just the same

Today, I'm linking up with Kate Motaung's Five Minute Friday. The rules: Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking.

This week's prompt: Same.

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You and I, we're different.

I was born in the United States. You...

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#refugee #war #babies #parenting

Jen Bradbury
Jul 28 · 5 min read

The poster children for refugees

The Good Lie

Twice over the weekend, people told me that I should see The Good Lie, a 2014 movie starring Reese Witherspoon about some of the lost boys of Sudan – children who fled Sudan as refugees without either parent.

As someone who's stood in a refugee...

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#refugee #war #Congo #Kiziba #Rwanda #movies

Jen Bradbury
Mar 06 · 5 min read

9 Common Misunderstandings about Refugees

My high school youth ministry is currently in the midst of a series about “war and peace”. Thus far, we've discussed why religion seems to cause so many wars, genocide, and refugees.

As a whole, teens in my youth ministry have a pretty high...

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#refugee #war #Rwanda #genocide #justice #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Mar 05 · 5 min read

Review: To Be a Friend is Fatal by Kirk Johnson

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To Be A Friend Is Fatal

In 2008, my husband and I began mentoring an Iraqi woman and her two sons.

They were refugees who'd been forced to flee for fear of their lives, casualties of a war the United States began.

As the year progressed and we got to know this family...

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#refugee #war #hospitality #books

Jen Bradbury
Jul 24 · 5 min read

Correcting History through Short-Term Missions

History is written by the victors.

Though true, as a person of faith, this idea has always bothered me. If history is written by the victors, then how will the stories of those who are oppressed be told? How can we fight oppression and injustices...

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#ethnicity #war #cross-cultural #justice #race #Missions

Jen Bradbury
May 06 · 5 min read

Discussing war with teens

In Lent, as we discussed the story of Jesus' arrest, my students were intrigued by Jesus' command to Peter to put away his sword because “all who draw the sword will die by the sword.”

Immediately, students began asking about...

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#war #Teaching #Prayer

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