1. United States
2. Mo.
3. Letter

Don’t preach to me. Don’t throw scripture like a shield while turning your back on suffering. Don’t lecture me with psalms while defending the powerful and ignoring the oppressed. Show me. Show me in how you treat people who have nothing to offer you. Show me in how you speak up when it’s uncomfortable, and stand firm when silence is easy. Show me that your God walks with the poor, the wounded, the silenced — not just the saved. Faith without justice is empty noise. Holiness without compassion is just ego in a robe. If you say yes to God, then say no — loudly — to everything that breaks what God loves: people, truth, peace, and dignity. Don’t tell me what you believe. Live it. ~ Deitrich Bonhoeffer 1906-1945