All Saints Church, Pasadena: "...we are committed to audacious examination and challenging of power and privilege in the world and in our church; to pursue truth relentlessly, not for retribution but toward trust and reconciliation. We chose love over fear to overcome prejudice and promote healing to address oppression and to restore en…
All Saints Church, Pasadena: "...we are committed to audacious examination and challenging of power and privilege in the world and in our church; to pursue truth relentlessly, not for retribution but toward trust and reconciliation. We chose love over fear to overcome prejudice and promote healing to address oppression and to restore environmental equilibrium." We have an action table on the lawn each Sunday to help put our words into action for positive change. We have a long history of radical inclusion and social justice. Our former rector spoke out against the Vietnam War from the pulpit and Desmond Tutu was a frequent visitor when in town (I heard him preach perhaps 5 times over the years).
Thanks to you, MaryB, and to all of you who are sharing your congregations of social justice. My take is that the Jewish rabbi was all about social justice. We just didn't take him seriously - then or now.
I find it amusing that the hypocrites calling themselves “Christians” who speak most loudly about their faith in Joshua of Nazareth are completely opposed to social justice. If you believe the stories, this guy had equal respect for saints and sinners, people of power and paupers, men and women, criminals and prostitutes. You have to laugh with derision at any boasting “Christian” who is anti-immigration, anti-gay and trans, anti-diversity. These people are hypocrites and losers, at least until they see the light.
Let's not forget the woman "taken in adultery." The draconian laws being passed in some states are criminalizing, as the New Yorker reports, little girls who become pregnant through rape and incest. Who among those perps has the right to cast the first stone?
All Saints Church, Pasadena: "...we are committed to audacious examination and challenging of power and privilege in the world and in our church; to pursue truth relentlessly, not for retribution but toward trust and reconciliation. We chose love over fear to overcome prejudice and promote healing to address oppression and to restore environmental equilibrium." We have an action table on the lawn each Sunday to help put our words into action for positive change. We have a long history of radical inclusion and social justice. Our former rector spoke out against the Vietnam War from the pulpit and Desmond Tutu was a frequent visitor when in town (I heard him preach perhaps 5 times over the years).
Thanks to you, MaryB, and to all of you who are sharing your congregations of social justice. My take is that the Jewish rabbi was all about social justice. We just didn't take him seriously - then or now.
I find it amusing that the hypocrites calling themselves “Christians” who speak most loudly about their faith in Joshua of Nazareth are completely opposed to social justice. If you believe the stories, this guy had equal respect for saints and sinners, people of power and paupers, men and women, criminals and prostitutes. You have to laugh with derision at any boasting “Christian” who is anti-immigration, anti-gay and trans, anti-diversity. These people are hypocrites and losers, at least until they see the light.
Let's not forget the woman "taken in adultery." The draconian laws being passed in some states are criminalizing, as the New Yorker reports, little girls who become pregnant through rape and incest. Who among those perps has the right to cast the first stone?
A commenter on a a FB group described that type of "christian" as a CINO- Christian In Name Only.
I take him seriously