We will say a Memorial Day Prayer for Peace. But if this is our prayer, then we must make it happen. No more Christian nationalism…
https://youtu.be/-7phOEQVn0k https://soundcloud.com/peace-lutheran/51924-pr-krista-vingelis?si=1309220b796a42c5ba510a0e2bec29bf&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Religious Communities differ from cults in four ways: the people, the leadership, the transparency of the organization, and requirements.
So…let’s do this. Let’s dive in and explore together the differences between the healthy, ideal of a community that lives together as with one heart and mind and which hold things in common for the common good, vs. the toxic and dangerous nature of communities like cults or communes or geo-political entities. Remember, I am not an “expert” in cults…
President Biden did not politicize Easter as other political leaders are claiming. What he did do was issue a public proclamation of support, lifting up all transgender women and men as equal citizens of this nation for whom we will work to protect their basic human rights. If hope for a life where you are seen and loved and valued isn’t the good news of the Gospel…