Thread by @RevDrBarber

As I come here to share with the @Ch_JesusChrist, I come as a fellow faith traveler who takes seriously the Word of God and the deep moral values represented in various faith traditions—commitments to love, truth, justice, and care for one another as a matter of faith. #BYUdevo

Now, I’m no scholar of the Book of Mormon, but I’ve listened closely enough to your tradition to know that, in addition to the Scriptures we share, these values are in your texts too. I read in Mosiah 4: “Are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God”

It is clear to me that we face a crisis of possibility. A crisis of civilization. A crisis of democracy and morality that we must seek redemption from. We must believe we have in God the spiritual power to turn in new directions, towards a more beloved community.

Far too many even now want to ask the possibility-strangling question, “How much will it cost to do this?” rather than the truly moral question, “How much will it cost us not to?”

We must have a Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington to put a face on these numbers to call for a moral reset and so that the rejected of every race,

along with people of faith and people of deep moral concern—advocates and even the wealthy with a conscience—can help save the heart and soul of this nation and democracy as well as call for the same around the world.