Immigration: Who is shaping our response?

I’ve been reflecting on a moment in Luke 7. A woman comes to Jesus with an alabaster jar of costly perfume. She breaks it and pours it all at His feet. The disciples complain about the “waste,” but she holds nothing back. She doesn’t compartmentalise Jesus; He is everything.

That story has been on my mind as the UK wrestles with a heated immigration debate once again.

Every week brings new proposals, new slogans, and, more worryingly, new ways Christian language and symbols are being pulled into the argument. Crosses appear on placards at anti-immigration rallies. Some politicians appeal to “Christian Britain” to justify harder borders. Meanwhile many believers feel politically homeless, unsure which “side” they’re supposed to take.