Praying During Genocide and War

Jesus didn’t sit at tables of corruption he flipped them in righteous rage. Praying for peace while being unwilling to unpack colonialism, militarism, the false ideology of white supremacy, and every other source of division is a call to passiveness as the world unravels. Now is not the time (and it never has been) to sit in pews and pity the suffering; we are called to ACT not crumple into apathy; we are called to a LOVE so radical it disarms hate.

We will continue listening to Jews around the world who, after the horrific attack on Oct. 7, say revenge will not bring peace.We will continue not to call the massacre of thousands of Palestinian children and families inconsequential, and just the “cost of war.” We are witnessing genocide! Every life is sacred.

Because giving it to God doesn’t mean closing our eyes to a world on fire; it is standing with the hurting, the marginalized, and the suffering in love.

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