The way to bring a society to higher ground is to help those just underneath you. It is not to worship the status of the opulently wealthy, hoping somehow you might reach their status. All of the enlightened teachers from various times and places taught this truth.
The Mohandas K. Ghandi quote is a powerful reminder that it's a universal truth.
My husband and I got to attend our local United Methodist Church's Christmas Eve Service. Almost two years ago our denomination split, with the conservatives going their own way. We looked up and saw that finally, FINALLY, we had the church that was full of people who believed as we do that all people are individuals of sacred worth who should have the right to marry who they love and to be received in the ordained ministry if they are called by God to do that. We didn't have to fight, the conservatives just up and left.
Tonight's worship service was phenomenal and reflected what we really believe, that in Jesus the lowly and marginalized are lifted up and the proud and haughty cast down, with the undocumented immigrant and the LGBTQ+ honored and lifted up as part of that story. Very moving. Plus great music, holy communion, and candlelight. A full heart.
My pastor has been preaching the courage we have as Christians to seek justice and resist evil since before the Inauguration, and that encouragement has held us steady. We have signs up that our church is private property and that ICE and law enforcement must obtain a judicial warrant before they are permitted to enter.
When we joined this church 35 years ago, we were met with a lot of love, but we could see it was divided and so unable to take a stand on biblical justice issues. But no longer. So refreshing to be able to be who we are meant to be.
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