BY STEVE DUNN
It troubles me at time that so much I am writing these days is of a political nature. Hopefully from a Christian perspective, but political nonetheless. But this troubling lessons when I consider how important having a political position is. I do not always agree with Rachel Held Evans but what she has written recently on her Facebook page speaks eloquently to what is in my heart. Again, I do not support every item she advocates, but her point is both well-taken and needful. (You don't need to comment. Just read and reflect and come to the answers God lays upon your heart.)
And now from Rachel ....
You don’t like that I’ve
“gotten political,” huh?
If saying it’s wrong to
mock people with disabilities makes me political, then so be it.
If rejecting the notion
that demeaning, groping, insulting, and assaulting women is “just how men are”
makes me political, then so be it.
If supporting a free
press makes me political, then so be it.
If speaking out when
religious and ethnic minorities are targeted with misinformation campaigns that
have dramatically increased hate crimes against them makes me political, then
so be it.
If believing the
president of the United States is not above the rule of law, or the most basic
ethical accountability, makes me political, then so be it.
If refusing to stand by
as desperate refugee families, including many children, are turned away from
safety based on misinformation and fear makes me political, then so be it.
If calling my senators to
oppose a healthcare bill that would likely increase the abortion rate and
definitely leave my friends with special needs kids bankrupt and desperate makes
me political, then so be it.
If expecting the
president of the United States to behave with some semblance of decorum and
decency, even on Twitter, makes me political, then so be it.
If getting angry when
Christian leaders shrug off sexual assault, lying, racism, bullying, cruelty to
the vulnerable, and unapologetic greed and self-aggrandizement because it gets
them the judge they want or the power they crave makes me political, then so be
it.
If turning over tables
when Christians sing hymns in honor of this administration's ethno-nationalist
agenda makes me political, then so be it.
You don’t like that I’ve
gotten political?
I don’t like that the
future of the Republic and the integrity of the American Church has been so
glibly handed over to a man who has no respect for either.
You’re damn right I’ve
gotten political.
And even if you remain
silent, you have too.
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