They tear gassed BLM protesters so Trump could get a photo op, but can't stop MAGA protesters from storming the capitol building while it is in session? I mean, come on.
As the RNC was saying how “pro-life” he is, Trump was killing a man in Indiana.
And he has another execution set for Friday.
There’s nothing “pro-life” about the death penalty.
We don’t rape to show that rape is wrong. It’s time to stop killing to show that killing is wrong.
The Gospel of Jesus is always good news to the poor.
If it’s not good news to the poor, it’s not the Gospel of Jesus.
It comforts the troubled and troubles the comfortable.
If you need Confederate Monuments to help you remember history then you may have early onset dementia or short-term memory loss (or worse!) and we should get this DEALT WITH before it turns into a Memento situation or something.
Here’s a thought about how to venerate a Confederate Monument: TALK TO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN. Take one to lunch and shut up while they explain their life.
They are walking, talking monuments to our legacy.
“GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!” ~some old white guy who, though of course not enslaved, conned himself into thinking he really wasn’t free because some other white guys literally an ocean away wouldn’t listen to him
The saddest part of this is that it is especially true of Christian communities I see around my city. Living out the selfishness of “Oh well, if I get it I get it” rather than the neighbor-loving “I do not want to pass it to vulnerable people around me.”