Sunday, January 13, 2019

Don't Shut Down

The Federal Government is shut down.
Sanity, Integrity, Equity and Justice are being shut down.
Our standing with allies all over the world has been shut down.
Businesses and Industries have now started to shut down.
Half the time the stock market is shutting down.
The hopes of assylum seekers at our border are being shut down.
The words on the Statue of Liberty which we no longer mean as a nation are, fittingly shut down.
Civil Public Discourse has shut down.
A government of the people, by the people and for the people is being shut down with every
    agency and department appointment.
The Supreme Court non-partisan status is being shut down.
The protections over our food safety, environment with clean water, clean air and livable ground is
    being shut down for the sake of profit.
Regulations that safeguard our lives are being shut down for the sake of profit.
A value for rational thought, science, objective facts is all but shut down.
The hopes of the middle class and the poor (for years now) have been shut down.


What thrives... what has been opened up... started now in our nation...
are corruption, inequality, hatreds, intolerances, greed, manipulation, exploitation, lust for power, abuses of power and desire for status with insanity, "alternative facts" and false patriotism with a false, sick, hateful civil religion and INSECURITY for our nation.


In the midst of all this,
WE DARE NOT SHUT DOWN!
Stay healthy!  Stay aware that this is not normal or necessary!  Stay committed!  Stay vigilant!  Stay active in opposition to all that is being shut down and all that is replacing it! 
In the face of all this chaos, uncertainty and insanity - WE DARE NOT SHUT DOWN!
We must again open up!


Keep the Faith!  Keep on the Pressure! 
Pastor Jamie

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