Halfway There18 Nov 2019

166: Karen Gonzalez and the God Who Sees

Karen Gonzalez is a native of Guatemala and is a speaker, writer and immigrant advocate. Karen works for World Relief and attended Fuller Theological Seminary, where she studied theology and missiology. Her first book is The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong. Today, Karen shares what it is like moving to a new country, how Christians can help immigrants, and what the Bible really says about how immigrants should be treated. While immigration is a political hot potato of a topic, Karen helps us take a fresh look at those around us and see them with God’s eyes. Listen to Karen’s story now!

Stories Karen shared:

Growing up in Guatemala in a Roman Catholic home
Always being interested in faith and seeing different ways of interacting with God
Leaving Guatemala due to war
The difficulties of integrating into life in the United States
Going to church with her grandmother and giving her life to Christ
How to handle undocumented people in a Christian way
Moving to Florida after receiving Green Cards
Losing her mother to cancer
The tug and pull between the two cultures she found herself in
Discipleship as a college student
Questioning things like the death penalty
Discovering that the Gospel doesn’t “work” everywhere
Going to seminary to get a more robust
Why she wrote the God Who Sees using immigration stories

Great quotes from Karen:

Migration is a really traumatic experience.

What’s morally right and the right thing to do as a Christian is often at odds with the right thing to do as a U.S. citizen.

Seminary saved my faith.

Nobody’s faith is static.

Resources we mentioned:

The God Who Sees: Immigrants, the Bible, and the Journey to Belong
Karen’s website
When Life and Beliefs Collide by Caroline James

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