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those who are at the bottom, whether having fallen there or pushed there by society, can be our greatest teachers on how to love. providing opportunity to love, to open our heart & abandon selfishness, holding a mirror to the systems, structures, & priorities of a society who has forgotten the true value of life, its sacredness, its interdependence.

perhaps this is the great sin of Christian Nationalism that presents & promotes a warrior king Jesus of their own creation, who in their mind sanctifies aggression, violence, & relentless consumption & wealth at the cost of others’ wellbeing. rather than Jesus, the Christ, of the gospels who is presented as the suffering servant who defines the “other” as our neighbor, who seeks out those at the margins inviting them in, who prioritizes the poor & feeding the hungry, healing the sick, caring for the imprisoned, & raising from the depths of despair those who have been made to forget that they are worthy & beloved.

~j

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