Deborah and the Call to Rise
In the days of Deborah (Judges 4 and 5), there was no trumpet blast announcing a crisis, no official decree declaring the time had come. The people had learned to live under threat, to call oppression “normal.” Deborah listens more deeply. She sits beneath the palm tree, attending to the cries of the people and the quiet insistence of God, and then she speaks: Rise.
Many among us, people of good will and faithful conscience, are wondering the same thing
now. Is this the time? Deborah’s story reminds us that no one will announce it for us. There will be no proclamation. The call emerges through what we see with our eyes, hear from our
neighbors, and know in our hearts. To rise, as Deborah teaches, is not reckless heroism but
collective courage. It is the decision, made together, to suspend the normal order of things and step into the breach. Faithfulness, here, looks like truth-telling, shared risk, and the refusal to accept injustice as the way the world must be.
We invite you to stand in solidarity with those who have been terrorized by ICE here, in your
city and in Minneapolis through a mass call to action tomorrow, January 23.
Blessing of the Marchers and March: Union Square, 3:30pm
providing the tools, data, and infrastructure that enable ICE to surveil, detain, and deport, they are not neutral actors. They are participants in harm. Faith traditions insist that when profit is built on fear and family separation, conscience must interrupt business as usual.
At 8:30am (CT) begin your day by attending a Virtual National Call to prayer. Register here:
https://faithinaction.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-glp0tXLQ0ajWvuzYg5hfw#/registration
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelDnchL50KhGKEGxxXL6_mGH02y1F8no6YwP5ZUGiiEgvykw/viewform
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RQAwWMtzA5NbWuVAR7QnWwxWbOYZHiX8YZ7P-bHMT24/mobilebasic
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