One Guy's Opinion on Politics

Anti-woke is Anti-Jesus I know this is a bold and controversial statement to make, but after years of seeing the religious right use Christianity as an excuse to spew hate, bigotry, racism and more, I feel I need to speak out.   My Religious Past I’m not a pastor or a theologist.   I’m just a practicing Christian who is very active in my Presbyterian congregation. I’m an Elder and I serve on Session and committees. My religious journey has been long and fraught with much introspection and education.   I was raised Catholic. As a child and teen I attended Sunday school, went to church camp, attended church regularly and went through catechism.   As an adult I have tried a number of different congregations and found my current one about 7 years ago. What drew me to my congregation was the Pastor and the people.   He would read the scripture and then begin to apply it to our life today.   He included the disenfranchised, people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ ...

This is a repost of an article I wrote in 2020 during the Black Lives Matters movement after the murder of George Floyd.  It is even more relevant now than ever before. Take a moment to read this and see if you can see yourself or some people you know in this.