![]() He forgives me every day for casting judgement on people who don’t agree with the things I just mentioned. He’d show us that masks are a gift - one that allows us to safely gather in fellowship and keep our vulnerable safe from harm. The Jesus I know would show us how to protect each other. He would want us to stop destroying his father’s creation and start caring for the earth on which we tread. The Jesus I know would encourage both our faith in him and our trust in science. The Jesus I know said, “blessed are the poor” and would fight for better access to healthcare, a living wage, and pay equity for all of his people. The Jesus I know would be outraged by a nation that prioritizes wealth and power over its people. The Jesus I know would smile on people like my cousin Kristy and her wife Cara as they continue to care for two young foster children and love them like their own. It means access to quality health care, paid maternity leave, support for working mothers, more foster parents willing to take in children who need safe homes. The Jesus I know believes in reproductive justice and would remind us that pro-life extends beyond a delivery room. He’d weep with my sisters who relive their trauma when men in power brag about “grabbing women by the p*ssy.” He’d forgive them of their sins and try to soften their hearts. The Jesus I know would condemn police violence but the Jesus I know would show mercy by washing these officers’ feet. Who agrees to disagree to achieve a negative peace. ![]() The Jesus I know moved the pen that helped Martin Luther King write his Letter from a Birmingham Jail that proclaimed his disappointment in the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice. The Jesus I know would SAY THEIR NAMES, he’d be marching with us in the streets, whispering tenderly in our ears “Of course all lives matter - but all lives can’t matter until black lives do.” I do not have enough time to say the names of all God’s children who were murdered for being Black in America. The Jesus I know would mourn with the families of:īreonna Taylor George Floyd Philando Castile Amaud Arbrey Rayshard Brooks Daniel Prude Atatiana Jefferson Alton Sterling Freddie Gray Eric Garner Tamir Rice Michael Brown Treyvon Martin The Jesus I know would sit in cages with children who have been separated from their mothers at our Southern border. The Jesus I know is the earthly son of brown, refugee parents and would not be chanting “build a wall,” but instead, “Tear them down.” When done right, government can be one way - an institutionalized way - to love our neighbors at a larger scale. The Jesus I know was and is deeply political. It’s an election year, so hypocrisy, instances of weaponized Christianity, and the prevalence of White American Folk Religion are glaring to me. I am in a season where I’m trying to rekindle my faith after being deeply hurt by the church, and by its people.
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