dawirice.bsky.social
Pastor, writer, occasionally chefy. Working to rid the US Church of white Christian nationalism & far-right extremism. Cultivating hope, choosing joy.
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This is not the Way of Jesus.
Pastors must point people through Word and deed to Jesus and the now-but-not-yet Kingdom of God. This is the Way. 3/3
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Far-right Christian nationalistic ideology serves a god other than Jesus. It serves mammon tangled with power by any means, which is why it will lie, cheat, steal, and corrupt to gain political power. 2/
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They want authoritarianism. They want to impose the will of the minority on the majority
It starts with cultivating fear.
It’s important to be a discerning about this right now.
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He’s trying to do what the far-right has done in the US for decades: create an alternative reality based on lies that says Christians are being persecuted here, and then offer the solution to this problem - far-right political actors who could care less about faithful Christianity..
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Vance is attempting to lay the groundwork to change that, hoping conservative Christians in the UK will support Nigel Farage and his party.
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Surprisingly, the Church of England isn’t nearly as polarized along ideological lines as the church in the US. Some of this is the polity of the Church of England. It’s a big-tent-type of church that includes people from all sorts of perspectives.
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Vance is attempting to bolster the standing of the far-right in the UK by using the same tactics that the far-right in the US has used to activate conservative Christians in this country.
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It’s like a meat eater complaining at a burger joint that bc the fries don’t come with meat on them they are being persecuted for being a meat eater.
Foolish.
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The victim mentality of US Christians who *believe* they are persecuted is silly. These are mostly far-right ideologues whose ideas are unpopular. They have confused unpopularity w/ persecution.
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He was engaged a few months before he was arrested in 1943, but was never allowed to marry his fiancé. His “Letters and Papers from Prison” include some reflections on marriage 👇
www.goodreads.com/quotes/71498...
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Bonhoeffer is a popular theologian to reference for various reasons, but at a wedding feels a little out of place. What was the vicar saying about Bonhoeffer?
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I’m very pleased to find you here 🙏🏼
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That’s my instinct too, but @bjconthehill.bsky.social hosted the Shurden Lectures last week at Mercer University with Dr. John Compton. His research on secularism and democracy shows the opposite. I’ll share links when our articles go live.
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I wrote a dissertation on this, about pastoral resiliency and spiritual formation.
In short, one’s desire must be bent toward fidelity to God’s kingdom rather than cultural influence and power.
One must be willing to “lose” in the short term in order to gain so much in the long term.
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Clear eyes
Full hearts
Be brave
Goodness and beauty and truth will always dismantle fascism and authoritarianism in the end.
When we organize and stay connected to each other we can overcome the worst impulses of the flailing and grasping of billionaire-funded white supremacy in the USA today.
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Also, my day job is running digital strategy for an org that actively educates and organizes the public about the dangers of Christian nationalism, particularly in white, American spaces. So there’s that.