Curian welcomes everyone and recognizes migration as part of the human story. We believe healthy immigration policy doesn’t require dehumanization. We’re particularly troubled by federal law enforcement agencies teargassing and breaking into churches and schools——places that should remain sanctuaries of safety and dignity. All people, but especially, children deserve better.
Some resources for churches courageous enough to get involved:
The following is taken from this post …
Much of the insecure, infantile, and controlling behavior playing out across our political-religious-economic landscape cannot be understood at a cognitive, rational level, but as something emerging from a deep-seated psychological infatuation and even eroticization of power.
For example, the white person’s persecution narrative isn’t just a mistaken belief that can be corrected with facts; it’s a fantasy structure that organizes enjoyment of the process itself. Perceived threats to identity, values, or dominance become pathways to psychic enjoyment.
Unfortunately, intelligent pushback easily backfires because the agitation it creates becomes the fuel to double down on dumb talking points. In this sense, agitation is not a bug in the system; it’s a feature. Obstacles become the point, and the point is psychic enjoyment.
Good Lord, what a mess.
What I think is pretty true is that the grown-ups in the room need to gain awareness here. For example, fact-checking falsehood is important, yes, but doing so without love rarely changes minds. Why? Because love will seek to process hatred, impatience, and reverse-scapegoating outside of the fight, which, among other things, gives neither the religious-nationalist nor the unimaginative-fundamentalist anything to use as fuel.
If an enemy gains love instead of the agitation they’re subconsciously looking for, it will frustrate their endgame. Btw, the real endgame is not beating the other person into oblivion. The real endgame is salvation, wholeness-making, and flourishing for everyone. If love isn’t interested in your enemy, it’s not love. I’m not saying I’m any good at any of this, but neither am I saying that the goalposts have moved. It’s always been and always will be love.
Love in the midst of desire, facts, propaganda, and psychic enjoyment isn’t easy. It’s very hard. You and I are being invited to think creatively; “to be wise as serpents and gentle as doves.”
✌🏼
JF
