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I know my approach may be too confrontational or blunt for some professed Christians but I think people are forth fighting for.
I believe what we're seeing right now from organized Christianity is a flat-out disgrace and I'm not alright with it.
I don't think Jesus would be.
I believe what we're seeing right now from organized Christianity is a flat-out disgrace and I'm not alright with it.
I don't think Jesus would be.
I think if more people of faith who've been horrified over the past 4 years had spoken with forceful clarity the sickness may not have be normalized in the Church in the way it has. Many "nice" Christians stayed out of the trenches of specificity and that has grieved me terribly.
A pastor once said to me before I spoke at his church, "I so appreciate what you say and how you say it because I can't."
I said, "Well, you could—you might just end up out here with a jerk like with me."
I don't believe in hatred but I believe in ferocity on behalf of humanity.
I said, "Well, you could—you might just end up out here with a jerk like with me."
I don't believe in hatred but I believe in ferocity on behalf of humanity.
Jesus said I am to love my enemies.
I always take great comfort in that—because it means I get to have enemies.
It means I don't have to abide bigotry/allow injustice. I can be loving and still be unequivocal in my objections.
I always take great comfort in that—because it means I get to have enemies.
It means I don't have to abide bigotry/allow injustice. I can be loving and still be unequivocal in my objections.
Every morning I wake up and remember that these are not issues or politics or concepts we're talking about here, these are human beings under duress, and I'll be damned if I'm going to allow decorum or civility to keep me from fighting like hell for them.
If you're a person of faith, I encourage you to use the voice you have to bring equity and justice. Yes, be as loving as you can be, but don't soften your language or shy from the fight. Be outraged when you see the outrageous. Jesus is hiding in the least of these. See him.
