It’s classic oppressor rhetoric. Blame the people you oppress for oppressing you. Claim they’re taking advantage of the good people. Accuse them of crimes and of threatening the very fabric of society. Call for their expulsion and destruction. It’s gross.
Category Archives: Politics
Returning, Again
Dusting off old pixels to reflect on justice, self-emptying love, and community … guided by God’s life-giving Spirit.
Sanctuary
The Church’s commitment to the immigrant and the refugee is rooted in the command of God and born out of our own experience.
What a Week
(My weekly church blogpost shared here, as our church website is in transition) Remind me not to take vacation during the last week in June ever again. I remember watching the Phil Donahue Show one summer in late June as a kid, shortly after school let out (I was a really fun kid. Really.). They wereContinue reading “What a Week”
Right to Religious Freedom? Yes. Right to run a business according to your faith? Not necessarily.
Our nation’s commitment to the free exercise of religion is unwavering. Religious organizations are tax-exempt, and gifts to religious organizations are tax deductible, lest the tax code be seen as a burden to the free exercise of religion. Americans are free to assemble with people of like faith and to practice their faith in community without fearContinue reading “Right to Religious Freedom? Yes. Right to run a business according to your faith? Not necessarily.”
The Lutheran Zephyr 