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Here is my sermon from January 26, 2025 at Kessler Park UMC. It weaves together the Gospel of Luke and the conflict between Bishop Mariann Budde and President Trump’s supporters.A written essay that also speaks of these issues is here.
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The debate surrounding truth in America has extended to differing interpretations of Christianity, particularly highlighted by Bishop Budde’s sermon advocating mercy for the LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities. This polarized response reflects a larger issue: the recognition of Progressive Christianity, which, contrary to assumptions, constitutes a significant minority within American Christianity.
Read MoreThe MAGA-GOP really IS saying “my choice” to the autonomy of actual women.
But theologically they also say “my choice” to “the Body of Christ.”
The two are, horrifically, interconnected.
One is the actions of actual human men toward human women, demanding an ownership of actual women’s bodily autonomy.
The other is a prior “theological ownership” over Jesus….demanding the control of the Body of Christ.
Here is my prayer for this day….EF
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“If not for thirty years of God’s grace, the forgiveness of friends, and a near constant repentance for my sins, I could be a Trump voter.
I think about this a lot. I think about the White men who will be voting for Trump, and everyone else in his “post-Republican Party coalition.” I’d like to speak to them one final time before this election…”
Until we reverse the tide of our abandonment of the real world, in favor of the digital one, we’ll continue to see data like the NYT show us here.
That means finding ways to talk to our neighbors, our actual neighbors in the actual places where we live, across the divides….not even necessarily about politics…but just connecting with them as human beings have connected for thousands of years.
“There is a Biblical sin called “hubris,” or pride that makes us believe we can control things we cannot control.
You, as a voter, cannot control what Trump will do.
You, as a voter, cannot insure there will be “guardrails” this time.
If you think you can, you are deluding yourself…and I will again post comments below from many former “Team Trump” member who have repented of their hubris and realize the real threat he is.”
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If all goes according to plan, this will be my final writing before the 2024 election.I find myself not only anxious about the election itself, but about what might be coming after.So, instead of political election talk, I’d like to turn to societal and theology talk. It was probably in the early 1990s that I […]
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“The exectution of Robert Roberson is a murder being committed in the name of every Texan.
It is a moral stain that —should what we expect to happen, happen tonight— covers every single living Texan.”
Look, I’m on the broad political left. So I get that if you’re a conservative voter and have read this far, you probably think I’m overblowing all of this.
But I’d ask you consider how his former Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley, has called Trump “Fascist to the core…”
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