Political Operatives for Jesus

"They may believe that they are serving the Buddha, the Dharma, the Sangha, or serving the Trinity and the Church, but their practice does not touch the living Buddha or the living Christ. At the same time, these men and women believe that political power is needed for the well-being of their church or community. They build up a self instead of letting go of the ideas of self. Then they look at this self as absolute truth and dismiss all other spiritual traditions as heretical. This is a very dangerous situation."

                                                                        Thich Nhat Hanh foreword to Merton’s Contemplative Prayer

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Ah you soldiers of God

Warriors of righteousness

Ah you Christian Nationalists

You political operatives for Jesus

Sigh

You modern day Pharisees

Whitewashed crypts 

Do you think God calls you to political power?

Do you think God wants you to scare,

Or coerce people into

Your version of righteousness?

You replace servanthood with power

Love with power

Compassion with power over intimidation

You miss the point

Of incarnation

Of Word made Flesh

Of God with us

Of Jesus

Who lowered himself

And became totally identified with us

Totally

Holding nothing back

Not in judgement

But in love

And took that love to the grave

And beyond

To show us how it works