One Thing That's Clear In The Scriptures

The Work Of Community, Love, Reconciliation, Restoration Is The Work We Cannot Leave Up To Politicians. This Is The Work We Are All Called To Do.

The More I Have Read The Bible And Studied The Life Of Jesus, The More I Have Become Convinced That Christianity Spreads Best Not Through Force But Through Fascination.

The Question For Me Is Not Are We Political, But How Are We Political? We Need To Be Politically Engaged, But Peculiar In How We Engage.

Today The Logic Goes Something Like This: 'calling A Ruler Son Of God Is Out Of Style. No One Really Does That Nowadays. We Can Support A President While Also Worshiping Jesus As The Son Of God.' But How Is This Possible? For One Says That We Must Love Our Enemies, And The Other Says We Must Kill Them; One Promotes The Economics Of Competition, While The Other Admonishes The Forgiveness Of Debts. To Which Do We Pledge Allegiance?

I Always Tell Our Community That We Should Attract The People Jesus Attracted And Frustrate The People Jesus Frustrated. It's Certainly Never Our Goal To Frustrate, But It Is Worth Noting That The People Who Were Constantly Agitated Were The Self-righteous, Religious Elite, The Rich, And The Powerful. But The People Who Were Fascinated By Him, By His Love And Grace, Were Folks Who Were Already Wounded And Ostracized — Folks Who Didn't Have Much To Lose, Who Already Knew Full Well That They Were Broken And Needed A Savior.