Maybe it shouldnโt anymore, but it still shocks me how dehumanizing the former president is.
Towards women, women of color, immigrants, and those with disabilities.
What shocks me more is how some Christians still support and justify such rhetoric.
Only fear and hate does that
May we unite against racist and misogynistic rhetoric in the months ahead.
May we unite in support of our democracy.
May we unite with integrity and honor, even when others choose to do otherwise.
May we not lose our hearts to fear but press on towards love.
Merciful God,
giver of life and grace,
help us
to discover, welcome, cherish, and claim
the potential in this day
to know hope
to speak truth
to wage peace
to work justice
to live love.
Amen.
#morningPrayer
I am a Christian,
I oppose theocracy.
I oppose Christian nationalism.
I oppose my religion being co-opted by extremism in pursuit of political control.
I oppose my government being dictated by a single religion, even my own.
May all Christians with these views be outspoken.
It will forever baffle me at how someone could look at Jesus laying down his life out of love for the world rather than forcing it to conform to his will, then somehow conclude that political and theological authoritarianism is how his followers should represent him in the world.
It takes a great deal of arrogance to live in the U.S. with over 200 different sects of Christianity, all with their own unique theology, yet insist that only your sect has the authority to speak, not only for all Christians, but for all people in our country as well.
When Christians are more conversant around partisan talking points than the Sermon on the Mount we demonstrate that our Christianity is secondary and a servant to our politics.