Christian Reflection and Prayer

Donald Trump has just said that torture “absolutely”
works and that he would approve it in his
administration if his team agrees. That torture works
is a lie and a moral aggression that would directly
lead to the use of torture again by the United States.
As many diverse Christian leaders have said, torture
is anti-Christian. Will the Christians who supported
Donald Trump stand up against torture under his
regime? “Speaking the truth to power” is a necessary
and invaluable Christian practice and tradition which
may become central again in our witness to the
presidency of Donald Trump.

 

Perhaps John the apostle puts it best: “You will know
the truth, and the truth will make you free.”

 

(My Note- LET US REMEMBER EPHESIANS 4-
"We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and
blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people’s
trickery, by their craftiness in deceitful scheming. But
speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every
way into him who is the head, into Christ…. So then,
putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to
our neighbors, for we are members of one another.”)

 

(Jim Wallis)

Verse

 

God defends the cause of the fatherless and the
widow, and loves the foreigner residing among
you, giving them food and clothing. And you are to
love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves
were foreigners in Egypt.   Deuteronomy 10:18-19

 

Voice

 

you have to understand,
that no one puts their children in a boat
unless the water is safer than the land
Warsan Shire

 

Prayer

 

God, may our lives, and voices, say,
"welcome."
adapted from Common Prayer

 

(Sojourners,   sojo.net)

President Trump signed an executive order greenlighting
construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil
pipelines.

 

This action signals he prioritizes corporate oil interests
at the expense of environmental protection and the well-
being of Americans.

 

Tell President Trump: Keystone XL and Dakota Access
stand in opposition to our values.

 

As people of faith, we must stand together to resist
Trump’s actions that destroy the environment and
harm our fellow Americans.

 

This move comes a month and a half after the victory at
Standing Rock, where people of faith stood in solidarity
with the Water Protectors to protect our water and climate.

 

We’ve stopped Keystone XL and Dakota Access before.
Let’s stand together to do it again.

 

In faith,
The Sojourners Team
(Sojourners,   sojo.net)