What About the People?
The irony flooding my social media today from the National Mall was nothing short of preposterous. As thousands of Christians gathered under the banner of "Rededication 250" to sing praises and claim spiritual renewal, they did so by reinforcing a myth. You cannot "rededicate" a nation to a set of exclusive Christian values it was never actually built upon; this country was constructed on the backs of enslaved people and on land systematically stolen from Indigenous nations.
It was church as a political pep rally, staged perfectly for the cameras. But while the melodies carried across the Mall, the cries of those with urgent, real-world needs were effectively drowned out. Ironically it was done under the symbolic blessing of an administration that weaponizes faith while embodying the antithesis of Christian humility and grace.
Christians gathering at the Capitol praying for America to be “returned to God.”
But I keep wondering something.
What God are we returning to if people are sleeping under bridges while churches sit half empty six days a week?
What does it mean to “take the nation back for God” while children go hungry in the richest country on earth?
What exactly are we restoring?
Because if faith does not move us toward people, then maybe what we are protecting is not faith at all. Maybe it is power. Maybe it is nationalism wrapped in scripture. Maybe it is the comfort of feeling morally superior while ignoring human suffering that exists right outside the sanctuary doors.
If American Christianity wishes to find its soul again, it must stop looking for validation in the halls of political empire. It must step off the stage, cross the barricades, and re-learn how to see, hear, and serve the very people it so easily leaves behind.
Rededication 250? Sorry, not sorry!
Let’s be honest, we will do absolutely anything before we do the actual, messy work required to reflect a truly just, compassionate society. Facing the ugly truth of our history and actively tearing down systems of oppression? That requires real sacrifice. That demands a shift in priorities. Instead, we settle for the cheap substitute of political pageantry, proving that we’d much rather perform a faith than live out a gospel that actually serves the broken.
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What About the People?