tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post8124825580842333249..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: A Great divide Among the OrthodoxViola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-78612774118812092702020-07-02T12:55:30.157-07:002020-07-02T12:55:30.157-07:00Hello Viola,
I am enjoying watching you post agai...Hello Viola,<br /><br />I am enjoying watching you post again. I'd like to let bygones be bygones and apologize for some of the harsher things I've posted to you in the past. We share a passion for the Gospel and we should let that be our guiding principle. And lying should be as far from our lips as the Heavens are above the Earth. It is the fool proof “Test” we give a Spirit to know its origin. We may not agree on all things, but on this we agree. <br /><br />I've always thought that if an American presidential candidate gave in English, to the American People, the speeches Hitler gave, and replaced the Jewish people with some other 'enemy', he would easily get elected. I never thought I'd actually live to see the day. Trump is not as inspiring to Americans as Hitler was to the Germans, or Mussolini was to the Italians, not by a far cry, but the themes and methods are unmistakable. One would think the Church as a whole would know better than anybody throwing its weight behind such a man. <br /><br />I was exuberant when America elected Obama because I thought it meant that America had turned the corner and was finally learning to live into the dream of judging a person not by the color of their skin but by the strength of their character. Trump proved me wrong. But the arch of history bends towards justice, and I am encouraged that America is re-thinking its whole status quo regarding race relations. "neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female"... <br /><br />Our ancestors in the 1870s and again in the 1850s and 60s and again 100 years ago, and then again in the 1960s set a vision and followed a path, but did not finish the journey. Perhaps now is the time. The 13th Amendment should be re-written to say we abolish slavery without exception. Liberty and Justice should be for ALL. We need to listen to our Black brothers and sisters about their daily lives. And what it is like to get pulled over and see your body lit up by little red dots of laser target indicators, just because you are black. And being afraid to go jogging in your own neighborhood because someone might call the cops on you assuming you are a thief or a robber; or even worse take it upon themselves to use deadly force to arrest you themselves, because whites think blacks don't run unless they've committed a crime. <br /><br />And as those with the power of the Holy Spirit and armed also with our position of White Privilege, we who are in a position to break the cycle of violence and prejudice and oppression, maybe its time we did just that. <br /><br />Jodie Gallo<br />Los Angeles, Ca<br />Jodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979084678805244443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-3323569089428869992020-07-01T02:35:04.511-07:002020-07-01T02:35:04.511-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.sink dish washinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11045260226594707710noreply@blogger.com