Tonight I pray for the homeless Christian. The one who isn’t sure where they belong anymore. Who watched as politics made extremists out of friends, family, and even fellow church members. Who are shocked by the things they read in their timelines, by people they once thought were godly. Who can’t stomach the hypocrisy, the cognitive dissonance, that’s required to remain in community.
My heart is so broken. I am a homeless Christian. I am a gay Christian. Our purpose is the same. Love God, and love people. Thank you, MK for sharing your heart with us. I love you. You are precious to me. And God loves us all.
I got in my centering prayer position so I could be open to receive your words. I am sobbing at their beauty and how they address the cruelty and ugliness that is not of the Jesus I know. I am stunned by those who claim Jesus’ name but not his words or actions. My heart is heavy - possibly cracked. Savior - teach me how to love better and deeper and help the hurting through the direction and power of your Spirit.
In many ways I feel like you were describing me and my wife.
Prior to last political administration, we were often referred to as a Christian powerhouse couple. My wife's gifting are as helper, hostess, art, women's ministry and children's ministry. Mine are teacher prayer warrior, men's ministry, and children's ministry.
We both were children's Sunday school teachers, worked in the food pantry, mentored younger believers, and were especially annointed in marriage ministry.
But the political climate has left us both uncomfortable in our church. Especially our small group of middle aged and older believers we attended.
We have stayed silent about politics, even as others were obnoxious, and have quietly removed ourselves from all our church activities. We don't hear from anyone from our church, as though we are not the least bit missed.
In the last 2 and a half years, my wife has fought breast cancer, without so much as a phone call of concern from our church. Because of the many meds she is on, causing immunity issues, she can't go out in public without wearing a face mask. Of course almost each time we do go out there is push back over a fear of COVID, and we must be far left liberals. So now we don't dare attend church.
It would be really nice to find a church of similar spiritual beliefs and values as we used to attend, but without any of the political rhetoric.
I can relate to your entire article, and feel as if you wrote it for me
Oh, MK. As I began reading this, I thought you were praying for those who are unhoused but as I kept reading, I realized you were praying for me and my family and I wept. We have lost so many family and friends, folks who are still alive, but no longer for us. We will continue to lose relationships because we will continue to stand with the lost and the broken and the poor, the immigrant and the queer and the different-than-usses... Thank you for your words, for your openness to the leadership of Abba Father and for your ministry.
Amen and AMEN. I prayed this morning, as I find myself doing again and again, for God's mercy on our country. For the sake of those who understand His true message of love and are trying so very hard... despite the path to deliver us into evil appearing to widen, before our very eyes, under the banner of our so called fellow believers, some truly deceived and some intentionally inverting His Word. Though it is so hard to hang on to at times, we must remember our God's promise of protection. Thank you for writing this, MK, that some of us may feel less alone.
Excellent article! FYI there's a new substack "The Convocation" formed by Diana Butler Bass and several others to explore the mess with politics, religion, and culture. Those of us who are homeless Christians will find lots to resonate with in their videos and writings.
My heart is so broken. I am a homeless Christian. I am a gay Christian. Our purpose is the same. Love God, and love people. Thank you, MK for sharing your heart with us. I love you. You are precious to me. And God loves us all.
My heart to breaks for what is happening. Thank you, MK, for putting words to our feelings that we can not describe. ❤️
Thank you
I am a homeless Christian. And the despair can be close to overwhelming. I feel less alone
I got in my centering prayer position so I could be open to receive your words. I am sobbing at their beauty and how they address the cruelty and ugliness that is not of the Jesus I know. I am stunned by those who claim Jesus’ name but not his words or actions. My heart is heavy - possibly cracked. Savior - teach me how to love better and deeper and help the hurting through the direction and power of your Spirit.
In many ways I feel like you were describing me and my wife.
Prior to last political administration, we were often referred to as a Christian powerhouse couple. My wife's gifting are as helper, hostess, art, women's ministry and children's ministry. Mine are teacher prayer warrior, men's ministry, and children's ministry.
We both were children's Sunday school teachers, worked in the food pantry, mentored younger believers, and were especially annointed in marriage ministry.
But the political climate has left us both uncomfortable in our church. Especially our small group of middle aged and older believers we attended.
We have stayed silent about politics, even as others were obnoxious, and have quietly removed ourselves from all our church activities. We don't hear from anyone from our church, as though we are not the least bit missed.
In the last 2 and a half years, my wife has fought breast cancer, without so much as a phone call of concern from our church. Because of the many meds she is on, causing immunity issues, she can't go out in public without wearing a face mask. Of course almost each time we do go out there is push back over a fear of COVID, and we must be far left liberals. So now we don't dare attend church.
It would be really nice to find a church of similar spiritual beliefs and values as we used to attend, but without any of the political rhetoric.
I can relate to your entire article, and feel as if you wrote it for me
Oh, MK. As I began reading this, I thought you were praying for those who are unhoused but as I kept reading, I realized you were praying for me and my family and I wept. We have lost so many family and friends, folks who are still alive, but no longer for us. We will continue to lose relationships because we will continue to stand with the lost and the broken and the poor, the immigrant and the queer and the different-than-usses... Thank you for your words, for your openness to the leadership of Abba Father and for your ministry.
Perfectly Said ,I pray one day Christians would realize it’s not Us and “Then” ..It’s Us and God ..we are all Gods Sheep !
You always have a gift for putting into words what I'm feeling!
Amen and AMEN. I prayed this morning, as I find myself doing again and again, for God's mercy on our country. For the sake of those who understand His true message of love and are trying so very hard... despite the path to deliver us into evil appearing to widen, before our very eyes, under the banner of our so called fellow believers, some truly deceived and some intentionally inverting His Word. Though it is so hard to hang on to at times, we must remember our God's promise of protection. Thank you for writing this, MK, that some of us may feel less alone.
Powerful, MK. So powerful - thank you.🙏
Excellent article! FYI there's a new substack "The Convocation" formed by Diana Butler Bass and several others to explore the mess with politics, religion, and culture. Those of us who are homeless Christians will find lots to resonate with in their videos and writings.
I love this prayer. Love it. I am your family.