Snip: The thing you are missing is the shift of power — from the people to corporations, from the masses to the rich, from votes to dollar bills. And we have to blame ourselves. We have made gods out of money, power and greed. We have let fear rather than love and compassion rule the day as well as our hearts and minds. We allow our moral imperatives to be dictated to us through a glowing screen at the whims of those whose only interest is to keep us in our place as their own power and wealth grow. As a minister I would be remiss to ignore the role of the Church in all of this. Some branches of the Church have played a key role in this downward spiral — teaching the masses to blindly follow, spewing a false theology that proclaims some people are more chosen than others, that differences are an abomination, that God needs us to force God’s “will” on others. My hope rests in the reality that, in the end, love wins. Read more: patheos/blogs/thegodarticle/2014/11/a-minister-from-tom-tillis-state-tells-us-what-to-expect-after-the-election-results/#ixzz3IFWzfzbQ
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:57:44 +0000
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