The Weight of Freedom #July4th
we are free from tyranny so that we may serve and encourage and offer refuge and – gladly – bear witness to the light.
Category: politics
the day we launched a community conversation around gun violence
We cannot legislate morality and we cannot pass a bill that stops irresponsibility. But we can work together to be more of a connected, concerned, supportive, accountable, mutually encouraging community.
Exporting fear instead of Gospel – where “The Christian Right” gets it wrong
The most interesting nugget I picked up from our visit was this observation by one of the Palestinian Christian leaders: “Our biggest threat is not from Israel,” he said. “It’s not the Jews who scare us so much as American Evangelicals.”
please stop misrepresenting Christianity to gain political power :-(
I object to the falsehood that Christianity lines up with nationalistic, jingoistic, inflammatory propaganda – and I object to the idea that opposing the president on moral grounds makes a person anti-Christian, anti-freedom, and/or anti-America.
shove ’em, love ’em, or send them all home? #Congress
I guess we can love on our legislators… or maybe we could shove them down a steeper flight of stairs? Or better yet we can send them all home and get a new set. But this time lets make sure they’re at least capable of learning.
Music, spiritual truth, and forgiveness
Why do so many relationships fall apart? Because we fail to practice the essential principles of Christ’s teachings.
The state of the bird feeder #StateoftheUnion
All the noise on the Internet today is about the president’s State of the Union speech Tuesday evening. Everyone seems so worried, so concerned, so anxious either for or against the ideas put forth by one party or the other
Calling Our Nation’s Leadership to Account #MLKDay
I may be justifiably concerned about the disappointing tenor of leadership in Washington today. But, I am completely confident that the huge, robust, heart of this nation still beats to the tune of love and justice!
instead of “drop the mic” – try passing it to someone else.
People who demonstrate an unwillingness to pay attention (to anything other than the sound of their own voices) typically present an impoverished point of view.
I’m all about praying, but not as a cover for inaction
But if you simply leverage God’s good name in order to make yourself look acceptable in public, and use Almighty God as a cover for more inaction, then I pray that you will soon be revealed for the hypocrites you are!
