This fall, Casa Alterna launched a new intentional community model, with six residents shaping a year centered on hospitality, solidarity, and mutual support.
Living Hospitality Together
Category: Justice
Love in the Face of Cruelty
In the shadow of Atlanta’s ICE field office, heartbreak and hope meet. Through quiet acts of compassion, Casa Alterna volunteers remind us that love—especially in the face of cruelty—is a sacred form of resistance.
Where is Home, Really?
Outside the gates of ICE, where hope and home so often collide, I witnessed once again how love—and the dignity it affirms—can make a home even in the shadow of exile.
The “Yes” That Heals
He arrived on his 18th birthday, facing detention or deportation—until one simple "yes" changed everything.
Life, Liberty, and Resistance
While politicians celebrate Independence Day with fireworks and funding for new migrant jails, Casa Alterna reclaims the spirit of July 4th at the gates of ICE, where resistance and hospitality converge as a faithful act of freedom.
Standing Firm in the Way of Love
Greatness is found in standing firm in the Way of Love.
No Way Back Home
In this season of deep reflection called Lent, we are beckoned into the wilderness—a realm defined not by geography but by the state of the soul. It is a place of testing, struggle, and stark reckoning. In the Gospel narrative, we encounter Jesus in this wilderness: hungry, vulnerable, and solitary, standing defiant against forces bent… Continue reading No Way Back Home
“America First” vs. God’s Reign: A reflection for Christians
Jesus didn’t build barriers—he crossed them. He taught us to love our neighbor, not to fear them.
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