The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. –Leviticus 19:34 The family lived in constant fear. They didn’t dare go out at night when roving gangs controlled the roads. Trips to the market by day were occasionally interrupted by the chaos of gunshots too close to ignore. Two members of their family had been killed in the past year. This was not

“Dad, can I ask you something?” Being the father of three teen-aged daughters had lots of scary moments like this. I learned to fear health and relationship questions, but this question almost made me drive off the road. “Are we poor?” My immediate reaction was, “why would you think that?” I took my role as the great provider very seriously. I worked long hours to make sure my family had everything they needed and more. We lived in a nice four-bedroom colonial house. We remod