If Your Church Won’t Speak Out About Unlawful Deportations — It May as Well Cancel Easter

Christian friends, if your church and its leaders are doing business as usual and pretending like everything is fine, run like hell out the door.

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As a former pastor of over two decades, I could seriously throw up right now.

The Trump Administration wrongly deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father of four, to a brutal prison in El Salvador, and it is defiantly refusing to honor a SCOTUS ruling ordering him to be returned to his family.

A flesh-and-blood human being made in the image of God (in Christian language) is knowingly being denied his human and civil rights by our president, separated from his family, and being traumatized in ways none of us can fathom.

And in this same week leading into the Easter holiday, pastors all over this nation are posting their effusive, Chesire cat-grinning, “Hey Guys, come on out to our Easter services this weekend!” videos on social media, promising a joyous, festive celebration of the resurrection of Jesus — with ample parking, a cool teen ministry, and free candy for the kids.