And the separation that we feel, that sense of exile that is tangible, can
not turn into a sense of separation from God, from those who we do not
like, from those who bring forth harm, or from this country that
sometimes, in this fraught moment, feels like a foreign land.
Our liberation is tied to the liberation of all people, and we, O people of
Love First, do not have the luxury, like those presently in power, of
indulging in a severing and non-inclusive vision that does not allow me
to see all humanity as family, and all places as a space of home....
...
No! Seeking the welfare of this Babylonian place means not being silent
or insistent on proclaiming what is right, and prophetically call out what
is wrong—that we are in a land on No-Kings but our God, and not being
afraid to put our bodies on the line, like clergy folk from Chicago to
Portland, to right hear in Sacramento—standing up for what is right no
matter the cost.