Desiring to receive the ways of Jesus as my way of life. Learning to live justly. Submitting to the surgery of having my eyes opened to see truthfully.
"President Trump tweets outrageous things so often that it's tempting just to shrug them off.
But when he tweets that immigrants coming across the border should have no due process rights – as he did this weekend –... https://t.co/wvaTXzkEMu
#SlaveholderReligion soothed the conscience of people who heard the cries of babies separated from their mothers on plantations & it echoes in the silence of those who’ve preached family values but have nothing to say about families torn apart by ICE.
Regardless of what the leadership of both parties would have you believe, a government shutdown is not a problem that can be blamed on a single party. Rather, it is evidence of a broken political system, incompetent leadership & bi-partisan legislative dysfunction. #shutdown2018
I have been to this desert. I have walked some of the trails many immigrants use. This terrain is brutal and the heat deadly. Thousands have died there. No matter your political persuasion, what you see below is attempted murder. Pure cruelty. https://t.co/znotPKKjb1
Immigration oppression is not a new prob for us in the US. Listen to Rev. Dr. Barber break down our history of septic immigration policies. We don’t have a Trump problem. Trump is just the latest outbreak of the deeper sickness in the heart of our nation. https://t.co/UCeOfnWPKB
After years living in the U.S. for 30 years, a 39-year-old immigrant in metro Detroit was deported this morning to Mexico. Escorted by ICE agents, he said bye to wife and 2 kids before boarding. He was brought to US from Mexico when he was 10-yrs-old, too old to qualify for DACA:
If you want to celebrate the legacy of MLK without turning it into a blasphemous hallmark card, take the time to listen to this... maybe the reason he was killed.
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In this age of power and superiority, of wanting more than we need, of trying to get to thrones instead of leaving them, God The Baby Is The God We Need.
And Incarnation is our invitation.
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When indiscriminate enforcement of a broken immigration system threatens to break the families and communities of of Latinx brothers and sisters, the church can do something. Please check out:
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CityWell has entered a relationship of protective sanctuary w/ Samuel Oliver-Bruno. Spread the word. #KeepSamuelHome#SanctuaryMovement
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To understand racism you need to understand power dynamics.
To understand sexism you need to understand power dynamics.
To understand poverty you need to understand power dynamics.
To understand power dynamics you need to listen and believe the stories of the powerless.