Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

Are you like me? Do you have the same perennially nagging questions about WWII: How could the holocaust have been allowed to happen? And how...

 In 1949, my Oma and Opa were among the first European immigrants to fly to the Americas after WWII. They left behind a country ravaged ...

Between the World and Me  is sweeping across America. W hen both  Time  magazine and  Christianity Today  urged me to read it, I figured ...

What does that mean exactly? If you're referring to the color of your skin, let's be honest — "white" is not the most ...

Dear "White" America, (That includes me.) We have two options. Option 1: Go ahead, tell yourself you can be silent because...

Anthropologists and missiologists sometimes use the term "Third-Culture Kid" (TCK) to describe those growing up in a culture tha...

In a time where questions of gender, identity, and sexual orientation are at the forefront of public policy and public discourse, it's u...

Are you with me so far? I've attempted to answer a number of objections to the new edition of the NIV by explaining why scholars felt th...

"Esteemed Mr. President,   "My name is María Dolores, but I can't give you my last name or anybody's last name or where...

After many happy hours perusing possible textbooks for my spring course on the Gospels/Acts at Multnomah , I have selected my favorites. ...

Wheaton College (along with just about every other school on the continent) is taking serious steps towards enhancing the diversity of the s...

Eliana and I attended a screening Friday night of a documentary produced by a team of researchers who set out to discover how to end global ...

Some time ago I asked the question Who's Not Here? It's time to rephrase the question. SIM , the mission agency we joined 10 year...

I've always wondered how it feels to be Louisa May Alcott in a whole deck of male authors.  Like it or not, I'm getting a taste ...

I've been caught by surprise twice now at the depth of emotion I still feel remembering 9/11.  Eliana was an infant on that fateful day ...

Relating to the question of Who's Not Here? (see below ) here's a link to a very challenging address given by Nigerian novelist Chim...

It's on my mind almost any time I walk into church, or a classroom or a conference like ETS.  I hadn't put it into words, though, un...