The only time these petty kings care about accountability is when they can use it as a weapon against their enemies. When it comes to us though we are all to be fountains of unlimited forgiveness, but forgiveness cannot truly be given to someone who is not sorry for what they did. And someone who has no desire to make right that which they did wrong is not sorry in the first place. Our rulers do not ask for forgiveness, they demand obsequence. #ChristianSocialism

There is much made in this country about unconditional forgiveness. This is especially true if the person who was wrong is a part of some extra exploited minority. This is, of course, because the rulers of this place hate the concept of accountability because they know it would be used against them. #ChristianSocialism

Good works proceed out from salvation like light and heat from a fire. Can you have a fire without either? Of course not, it is not a fire if it brings neither light nor heat. Therefore salvation is not salvation if it does not produce good works. Now to be clear not every fire is a blazing bonfire, some are candles, some are campfires. They all have their purposes and jobs that they are best suited to. #ChristianSocialism

G’day. 👋 A Mastodon #introduction : I’m Jarrod, living on Wadjuk Noongar land 🖤💛❤️ (on most maps as Perth, Australia). A decade ago, in the context of interviewing #BillMcKibben about our #climateemergency, he something to me that haunts me still. Bill said we have a responsibility to enjoy what future generations won’t experience in the same way.

*let that sink in*

So I’ll start with practices for me shaped by this conversation and Dostoyevsky’s words, “Love all God’s creation, both the whole and every grain of sand.” I love talking to the #birds 🦜 and teaching my boys their Noongar names (like Uncle [ ] Garlett taught me). I love #surfing 🏄🏼‍♂️ #hiking ⛰ #snorking 🪸 #spearfishing 🐠🐬🐟#surfskating (I ride a Holy Toledo #Smoothstar 🛹🏄🏼‍♂️). Kathleen is my beloved. 🥰 The outdoors is literally a religious experience for me. Oh, talking God-bothering, that’s kinda my neurodiverse hyper-fixation: the transfiguring-nonviolent-liberating-love revealed in Jesus.

That’s lead to some award winning nonviolent trouble-making, a popular podcast with Dr Drew Hart (https://www.patreon.com/InVerse), and other stuff you can checkout here: https://jarrodmckenna.com

#theology: A very Jesus-y #ecojustice cocktail of #Hesychasm #Anabaptism #CatholicWorker #IndigenousTheology non-Marxist #ChristianSocialism #Quakerism #BlackChurch and charismania expressed in #Contemplative prayer, creative
#nonviolence and #solidarity.

So let’s collaborate in what John Lewis called, “good trouble”. 😊