Be clear: The last few years did not ruin Christianity. It just exposed a long history that many of us Christians are more committed to power than we are to people. It showed that at the heart of faith is not love, grace, and liberation but insecurity, control, and fear.
Cape Castle is a place of horror.
Men, women, and children were kidnapped and taken there to become enslaved people.
Their stories must be remembered. History must be learned.
May those using the word #woke for fear mongering and dismissal of truth confront their reasons for doing so.
At its inception, “woke” was used to describe people who were conscious of overt and systemic racism and other injustice.
Who has reason to fear the word or the truth?
He ignored sex workers, gay men, and tax thieves in order to call out the rich for misuse of money ...a lot.
In his stories, the rich dude was always the punch line.
He once spent an hour weaving his own whip to turn tables at a shifty business operation.
He Gets Us.
Jesus.
When the alcohol at the party ran out, he made more.
When the lecture ran past lunch, he rustled up sardines and sourdough for 5000+.
The religious elite were offended when he said to “sinners”: Let’s Eat!
He ate really good food with really bad people.
He Gets Us.
Jesus.
The devil doesn’t look like red lights and songs about sex.
He looks like a trusted pastor telling you he’s sorry, he’s not going to report your attacker to the police, your attacker is just too important to the ministry — and are you sure the attack wasn’t really your fault?
Pope Francis has demanded that foreign powers stop plundering Africa’s natural resources for the “poison of their own greed” ⤵️
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@Rtaylor515 Spectacular film. I loved how a theme of every great person has many other great people behind them was underlined by showing the entire credits at the beginning of the film.
By tonight, a video of the brutal police attack on Tyre Nichols will be everywhere. His family requested this video of Tyre be shared to show his talent, brightness, & palpable humanity. Behind every act of state brutality is a real person, not a statistic. #RIPTyreNichols
What a rich and evolving journey MLK Jr had over his too short lifetime. Let’s move beyond snippets, simple platitudes, & symbolism. May we dive into non-violence, justice-bringing, peace-making, and Beloved Community.