Galatians 5:1

Every summer around this time, my mom would go find a cornfield and have someone snap a photo of her standing in it. She would just be grinning, tiny beneath the towering stalks.

She loved corn, Hispanic food, the people and their culture, the joy of it all.

This painting holds her memory…

And my dad’s too, he loves the movie Field of Dreams, so when I look at this man standing in the corn, I see both of them.

But I also see something bigger.

I see the migrant workers who rise early, labor long hours in the hot sun, and often go unseen.

I see the injustice and the ache.

And I see a table being set by the One who welcomes the weary,

who makes a way through the wilderness,

who says you belong here.

This painting holds all of that.

It’s about labor and longing.

About the migrant worker who deserves more than survival, who deserves dignity, rest, and a future for their family.

It’s about the injustice we can’t keep ignoring.

We all deserve dignity.

We all need faith to guide us home.

And in God’s Kingdom, there’s a seat for everyone at the table.

“Is this heaven?”

No… it’s Iowa.

But maybe, just maybe, when we love like Jesus, fight for others dignity and stand with migrant farmworkers, especially those currently on strike for justice and dignity…heaven feels a little closer.

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Together, Joel 2 & Isaiah 58 say:

“Return to Me, and I will restore. Defend the overlooked, and your light will rise.”