Autism is my super blessing! I'm a high-school valedictorian, college graduate, world traveler, disability advocate. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. I'm a Progressive Liberal. I'm about equal rights, human rights, civil & political rights, & economic, social, &cultural rights. I do servant leadership, boundless optimism, & Oneness/Wholeness. I'm good naked & unashamed! I love positive personhood, love your neighbor as yourself, and do no harm! I'm also appropriately inappropriate! My self-ratings: NC-17, XXX, X, X18+ & TV-MA means empathy! I publish shows at 11am! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support
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episode 64: My special guest and my friend Rev. Dr. Marcia Ledford discusses both Progressive Christianity and The Social Gospel with me.
My recent survey indicates people don’t feel they can make a difference. But remember, Jesus, the 12 disciples, and women and men alike, changed the world. Take heart and do something for justice. You will help someone, you will send a strong message that you’re not having injustice. You will feel better because you are contributing to a more just society, and your spiritual life will deepen. How am I so sure? It’s happened to me. Let’s work for justice together. My new book is a heartfelt response to our cruel laws and policies that are tearing our country apart. This book also has some bite. We have First Amendments rights that protect us in speaking out against unjust laws and policies. We are even protected in speaking in the public square about our faith. We the people of faith must speak out when our government marginalizes people. We do not have to settle for what our federal government is doing.
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Great resource for the spirituality of resistance. Roger writes about creation care, but the concepts are applicable to any issue. The spirituality of resistance involves doing the inner work to discover your passions. Then you join with others sharing these common goals to work for justice and the greater good.
Throughout my life, I have worked for justice, first as a civil rights attorney, and now as an Episcopal priest. I learned that I wanted to argue the compassionate Gospel in court. The First Amendment prohibits Gospel rhetoric in court.
Yet, we can work for justice in the court of public opinion, and the First Amendment guarantees that. Join me to do justice and love mercy for a more compassionate and inclusive American society. Together, we will make a difference.
And, rightly so.
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