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When billionaires pay the troops but the hungry go unfed, faith steps in where government fails. ✝️🍞 “Who Needs Congress?” — a Sunday reflection on power, mercy, and moral resistance.

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“Who Needs Congress? — Bread for the Hungry, Power for the Few”
A Sunday Reflection on Faith, Power, and the Politics of Retribution
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October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Columbus didn’t bring Christ to a new world—he carried empire to a living one. Today, truth matters more than myth. Repentance is not erasure; it’s freedom. ✝️ #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #TruthShallSetYouFree #FaithNotEmpire #InSpiteOfItAll
✝️ “The Truth Shall Set You Free”
Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Gospel That Won’t Bow to Empire
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A child refugee became a bishop—and now he stands at immigration courts as families are torn apart.
Bishop Michael Pham’s quiet presence is a gospel of dignity.
Faith belongs on the front lines.

#BishopPham #FaithInAction #ImmigrationJustice #Catholic #Refugees #InSpiteOfItAll
From Refugee to Bishop: A Beacon of Dignity at the Immigration Court
Faith on the Front Lines of Immigration
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August 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Trump says the Smithsonian focuses too much on slavery. The Bible says: Remember Egypt. Remember Calvary. Forgetting is sin. Part III of my series—The Lost Cause and the Politics of Erasure—is live.”

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✝️ The Lost Cause and the Politics of Erasure
Redeeming History, Honoring the Chains, Following the Liberator
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August 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
To forget the chains is to forget the Cross. America’s memory is sacred ground—our faith calls us to name the wounds and honor the liberators. Read Part 2 now.

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✝️ The Gospel of Remembering: A Reply to The Sin of Forgetting
Redeeming History, Honoring the Chains, Following the Liberator
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August 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“To whitewash slavery is to repeat Pharaoh’s lie.”
Trump says we talk too much about “how bad slavery was.” The Gospel says: Remember. Truth leads to freedom. Erasure leads to bondage.

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✝️ The Sin of Forgetting: Why Whitewashing Slavery Is a Betrayal of the Gospel
From Pharaoh to the Present, God’s people are called to remember—not erase—the chains that were broken.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:35 AM
📉 The Trump admin didn’t just distort the truth—it fired it. When facts become a threat, faith must become resistance. Rebuke the lie. Defend the truth. Speak now.
#TruthMatters #ChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism #InSpiteOfItAll #LaymansTerm
📉 Truth on Trial: When Data Becomes the Enemy
A Gospel-Centered Rebuke of Propaganda and Power
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August 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🛣️ The Church didn’t come to conquer. It came to comfort.

From bishops feeding the hungry to bikers kneeling outside detention centers…

This is what it looks like when the Church responds.

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Engines of Grace, Signs of Life
From prayer riders in Miami to bishops on the border, the Church is beginning to respond
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July 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
They weren’t outraged by poverty.
They weren’t outraged by cruelty.
They were outraged by two dads on TV.

When outrage says more about power than love, it’s not the Gospel of Jesus we’re defending—it’s a culture war in disguise.

#Faith #Justice #LGBTQ #Gospel #OutrageCulture #InSpiteOfItAll
J. Francis Druhan (@jfrancisdruhan)
They weren’t outraged by poverty. They weren’t outraged by cruelty. They were outraged by two dads on TV. When outrage says more about power than love, it’s not the Gospel of Jesus we’re defending—...
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July 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Capturing in glass the moments of love we share with each other. #stainedglass #glassart #love #weddings #art #creativity #inspiteofitall #februarty #blueskyartshow
February 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM