anne f kiernan
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Tennessee has the tenth most gerrymandered state legislature in the country, according to this report from the Schwarzenegger Institute (outdated by 4 years). files.elfsightcdn.com/c98035dd-59ef-…
81 years ago today, on February 19th, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which resulted in over 122,000 people of Japanese descent being forcibly removed from their homes and put into incarceration camps. 70,000 of them were American citizens… 🧵
Senator Blackburn, My father’s “vision” was that we eradicate racism, militarism & poverty. Deconstructing systems that deny equity in access, safety & opportunity does not = judging white people for being white. I invite you to study: thekingcenterinstitute.org #MLKDay #MLK
Today, we remember a man committed to the vision that people should be judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin. #MLKDay
The exploitation of Christ for worldly power in this era is unconscionable. Leave his name out of your evil. Non-Christian observers, please do not to look to cultural Christianity for what Jesus is like but to the Gospels, Acts & the NT epistles. Look to the sermon on the mount.
In a world torn by rage and anxiety, one of the greatest gifts followers of Jesus are called to offer is simple, non-anxious (i.e. calm) presence. Not a presence removed from this reality, but a presence that refuses to be shaped by it.
Christian nationalism isn’t the way ahead for Jesus followers. Christian faithfulness is. It’s fidelity to Christ—not fidelity to notions of American Christianity or to any political party—that will bring light into this present darkness. The church is bride to no one but Christ.
Let's keep up pressure to pass a voting rights law that makes it easy to vote, ends partisan gerrymandering, and stops the flood of dark money into elections. That, right there, would go a long way toward helping us keep our democracy.
If you haven’t voted yet, I encourage you to go today. Don’t vote for the perfect candidate, because they don’t exist. Vote for the candidate most committed to helping all people experience fullness of life, especially the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized.
Whenever I vote, I think of Christ’s first public sermon 🧵
A thread of things I’ve learned from dating. Will continue to add over time… 1. Kindness is the most important thing. Are they kind to you? To your family and friends? To wait staff? Shop employees? Animals?
The fruit of the Spirit is not cruelty, sarcasm, and crushing the hopes of the oppressed. I don’t understand how faith in Jesus can lead to spending all your time on the internet being mean spirited. We all need to audit our social media to see if the joy of the lord is present.
Memo to the media: Please don't say inflation is at a 40-year high without also mentioning that corporate profits are at a 70-year high. Give the people the full picture.
THREAD. This weekend, the New York Times published misinformation it knew to be false. Because the stakes are so high, I try my best to explain what the paper did why it is so dangerous.
So many of us grew up absorbing harmful ideas about the world and ourselves. As we mature, we can double down on ignorance and fear or open our hearts in curiosity and compassion. The bravest thing you can ever do is re-examine your old prejudices and learn how to love.
If we abandon Christian character in the midst of a cultural war because we think that love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness and self-control is not conducive to helping us win, then we have lost the war already.
Pretty sure this is what Jesus meant when he said, “What good is it to gain the whole world but lose your soul?” This is Dana Loesch… saying the quiet stuff out loud. Nothing matters, except winning… not truth, or integrity, or honesty, or kindness. Nothing.
Collectively, the innocence organizations in the @InnocenceNtwrk have freed 720 innocent people who have served more than 27,200 years in prison. Today is Wrongful Conviction Day. Find an innocence organization near you and support their efforts! youtu.be/pJNTCpkZeX8
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