TRUMP, PRAYER AND FASTING Ron Sider, February 14, 2019 [To receive my regular blog in your email, sign up (it is free!) at https:/
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TRUMP, PRAYER AND FASTING
Ron Sider, February 14, 2019
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There is an IMPORTANT NEW development that I want you to know about immediately.
I was one of the elders writing and issuing the historic document, Reclaiming Jesus. Over 5 million people have looked at it! The same group is now issuing a new document—a call to prayer and fasting and preparation during Lent for a potential national constitutional crisis sometime this year.
When those who issued RECLAIMING JESUS met this January, we agreed with New York Times columnist David Brooks that a major constitutional crisis is likely sometime this year. So we felt led to issue a new letter calling Christians all across the country to gather together for prayer as a way of preparing for a potential future emergency. Lent, a traditional time for prayer and fasting, is an ideal time for this prayerful, spiritual preparation.
It would be great if Christians in hundreds of towns and cities across the country would hold a series of evening services for prayer followed by peaceful candlelight processions to city hall or some other central location. That action would help us prepare for a potential constitutional crisis this year.
Our nation faces increasing hatred, polarization, fear and marginalization. Jesus calls us to stand in solidarity with all our neighbors, especially the poor, and marginalized. The approaching season of Lent is an ideal time for us to follow Jesus by going neither left nor right, but deeper in our faith. See our call to seek Jesus’ spirit through prayer, fasting and repentance this Lenten season at :https://bit.ly/2TQirlc