We’re down to the wire and the election is tomorrow. Thanks to all who have helped the Justice League work to get everyone to vote. These messages of hope will hopefully lift you up!
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Valeria Luiselli wrote that “the stories of deepest horror are perhaps those for which there are no numbers, no maps, no possible accountability, no words ever written or spoken.” Not one of the eighteen people in our life that have lost their lives to COVID-19 had legal status to vote. My husband doesn’t have that right either. My son is too young. When I filled out my ballot this year, I did it with my husband, my son, and those eighteen deaths in my mind. I held our reality close and I leaned into it with every choice.
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As a church we have a policy that we do not sponsor a specific candidate (it’s also illegal and all that). But we do follow an ideology that impacts our political decisions. We understand that through Christ we are involved in a story bigger than ourselves, bigger than our personal healthcare plan, and bigger than one way of living.
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“Don’t be misled: No one makes a fool of God. What a person plants, they will harvest. The person who plants selfishness, ignoring the needs of others—ignoring God!—harvests a crop of weeds. All they’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in them, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life.” Galatians 6:7-8
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My own family history involves a story of seeking refuge. As Christians living in a Middle Eastern country that was hostile to Christians, my father and his family found a new home in the United States in the 1960s thanks to the sponsorship of a Christian organization.
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Growing up in the Roman Catholic church in a predominantly Mexican immigrant community meant that there were many cultural celebrations that were intertwined with my faith. December was my favorite month because we celebrated el Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe (the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe), Christmas, and my birthday.
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Historically, Christians provided food and care for the sick and needy.
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