Calling for a cease-fire in the evening does not somehow erase calling for the genocide of an entire civilization the same day.

This is erratic and reckless leadership. In fact it isn't leadership at all. It has never been leadership.

It has always been authoritarianism, white supremacy, and greed.

And to think this even remotely represents Christianity is just beyond comprehension.

It still must be opposed. It still must end.

Our country deserves better. Our men and women in uniform deserve better. Our kids deserve better. Our world deserves

Jesus said that peacemakers would be known as the children of God.

Not the warmongers.

Not the authoritarians.

Not the gatekeepers.

Not those who see their religion as a war against those they see as enemies.

Jesus said, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."

Wherever peace is chosen instead of violence, there are the children of God at work.

Continue working towards making lasting peace.