brian shivers

  Is it their pronouns that frighten you; or the way they speak their new name? Is it the posture of their prayers or how they say the name of the divine or the fact they claim no faith at all? Maybe it’s the land they call home or the fact they had to flee? Their accent, their mother tongue, or their food, their hair, their clothes? Perhaps it’s their love or their gender; their age or the zip code in which they live? It couldn’t be the pigment in their melanin or the jobs that they hold, could it? What is it that frightens you so about these humans   who live in your home, next door,   down the street, across town,   or on the other side of the world? -bshivers

No human is illegal. No gender identity is sinful. All sexual orientations are celebrations. All races and ethnicities are beautiful. Refugees are not dangerous. Women are powerful. Every person deserves the opportunity to thrive. Our task is to care for one another no matter what.

Christianity in the United States is not being canceled and Christians in the United States are not being persecuted for their faith or their religious practices. There are places in the world where both are true. But this isn’t one of them. Go into any physical bookstore, and one of the largest sections is always the section on Christianity. During the Christmas season (actually way before the official season begins) there are radio stations that play Christmas music 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. There are 100s of thousands of churches throughout the country with hundreds of styles and commitments along with thousands of Christian nonprofits focused on a wide variety of tasks. We have faith based license plates that we can buy from the state. I repeat, Christianity in the United States is not being canceled and Christians in the United States are not being persecuted for their faith or their religious practices. What is being questioned is close mindedness, racism, xenophobia, Isl...