Batch Batchelder
@batchbatchelder
Batch Batchelder
@batchbatchelder
Value-Truth and
a powerful thread on the utility of faith.
Most of the intellectual energy around faith and people of faith is focused on the institutions of faith. And it’s pretty negative. Rightly so as the institutions are riddled with bigotry, abuse and hypocrisy. So little else gets said.
Beyond that though, it’s hard to overstate the positive impact faith has
... See moreA Theology of Community and Action (James McBride)
God is encountered not in purity or power, but in flawed communities that choose mercy over safety. Faith is proven through action, especially when institutions fail and outcomes are uncertain. Heaven touches earth when ordinary people protect the vulnerable, cross boundaries, and bear one another’s
... See more“oppression needs embodiment. The greatest defense against the dehumanization of a people is humanizing them. We need to say the names of those who are deported, disappeared, and mistreated. We need to insist on those names being heard and known, condensing sympathies with a piercing clarity. ”