A window into the crisis: three nuns and a soup kitchen -- Sanctuary old and new: the biblical tradition of radical hospitality -- A theology of water: humane borders and the Reverend Robin Hoover -- Transcending borders: no more deaths and a higher moral law -- Postscript: riding with the Samaritans -- Fencing Arizona: meditations on a wall -- Invasions, floods, and barbarians: what's to be afraid of? -- Senate bill-1070: wagers of love and fear at the border -- Postscript: what would Jesus do?