I was thinking about this passage today. it has something to say to us.
โAs Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, โIf you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.โ Luke 19:41-42
Love to see this.
โThey will not need to take wood out of the field or cut down any trees in the forests, for they will make their fires of the weapons; they will despoil those who despoiled them, and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God.โ
Ezekiel 39:10 NRSV
..some Christians canโt bring themselves to support gun reforms _the same reason they canโt battle racism beyond condemning individual racists. They have a deficient doctrine of sin & evil, limiting it to the individual. โฆ@esaumccaulleyโฉ https://t.co/ZZBCWOXcoq
The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.
Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.
Pharma buys off Congress. No action on drug prices.
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
These โpro-lifeโ politicians are killing us.
Pro-birth is not pro-life.
Life doesnโt begin at conception and end at birth.
You canโt be pro-life and ignore gun violence. It is the #1 cause of death for our kidsโฆ after they are born.
@SenBobCasey How about dumping the filibuster to reduce the easy access to and ridiculous proliferation of guns?
NRA backed politicians arenโt going to budge no matter the death toll so get it done w/out them. Pass quality voting rights legislation while youโre at it. Thanks
โAlthough our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; our apostasies indeed are many, and we have sinned against you.โ
Jeremiah 14:7 NRSV https://t.co/FjhAHMAQPc
โYou grew weary from your many wanderings, but you did not say, โIt is useless.โ You found your desire rekindled, and so you did not weaken.โ Isaiah 57:10 NRSV
We chase to next dopamine hit when we know it doesnโt last. God save us.
โโThere is no peace,โ says the Lord, โfor the wicked.โโ
Isaiah 48:22 NRSV
Continue to pray for peace in areas where there is none. Lift up those who pursue it. Be a peacemaker at home, work and play.
"The goal of a Christian life becomes not enlightenment but wholeness โ an acceptance of this complicated and muddled bundle of experiences as a possible theater for Godโs creative work.โ
-Rowan Williams, The Wound of Knowledge