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Tom Cochrun's avatar

Thank you for the powerful testimony. Your words sear with truth! Even in this moment of regression, this slide to authoritarianism and the rising of fascism, there is the alternative, the very faith to which we are called. The aspirations of the American ideal, an experiment in self government, are framed by those good though less than perfect words of the declaration and further ingrained in the constitution. It is a construct against the darkness that can invade the human heart. I agree that nationalism of any sort is, at its core, counterintuitive to the call of Christ. So, in the darkness of a fallen world, there is a need for a beacon, a laboratory for righting the wrongs and telling the truth. In essence it is a place where those of all faiths, and certainly those who follow, Jesus can proclaim truth, work to render justice and practice mercy, be forgiving and do love. In this broken and fallen world, there are tools, levers and the practice of realpolitik. The practical considerations of this age will soon include all of those victims you itemize and the sum of their suffering. We must be the balm, the solution, the pragmatic muscle of Love. Much can be undone, if we are committed to the sacrifice required. We should not expect any "nation"to be a heaven, but it is ours to find a way to make it less than the hell it is for those who now and will suffer under the empires' boot heal. And we are here to profess and proclaim truth, to engage the empire of our day, and to use every offering of public trust that we may gain to re-gear and re-tool our experiment in self-government. The declaration, the struggle is worth celebrating. Carry on brother.

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Grace Bubulka's avatar

It's not a happy 4th this year whatsoever🗽...I'm just praying for better years ahead!🙏

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