We are striving to create a dwelling place. A place where our immigrant brothers and sisters can experience the radical welcome and peaceful presence of Jesus.
I reject your decadent patriarchy; your limited view of God; your stranglehold on God's sovereignty, your exclusive claim to religion; your smugness; your fear of evangelism.
And what I heard Jesus saying to me is I had to hear the seniors. I had to listen to my own elders and yes, at this moment, Jesus was asking me to listen to the old white men at Bible study.
What makes more sense for us as Christians is to pause and consider why our government refuses to consider looking at altering even the tiniest bit of gun legislation, and yet, seems surprised and grief-stricken as these horrors continue happening.