For all the crap I took during my career as a music director, my biggest complaint with the "mainline" church is that they allowed the hucksters to steal the identity, just to chase a few of those dollars for themselves:
@tgraph52 *Clarence Jordan voice* "Now, there was a time that would be a gesicht Saint Nicholas would have given some backpfeifen."
I did look up a translation 🎅🏼 🤛🏼
@tgraph52 @t_heislen There's a reason my favorite carol of all time is "La Légende de Saint Nicholas": https://youtu.be/mZZqwKZVLbE
@t_heislen It's a horrible truth, but those of us "Christians with good intentions" (I like that) beed to not only accept it, but publicly acknowledge it, publicly turn from it and become "socially dangerous" to those who have appropriated Christ for profit.
We need to become **radically** Christ-like and risk very real persecution from Christofascists.
When people see me, they need to see Jesus.
@t_heislen
future Sec of Def