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The powers have been despoiled by Christ.
I say this aware of its treasonous tone,
a tone many of my brothers and sisters in the church
would be ready to gather stones upon hearing.
I am not a patriot.
I was born in a country; I am not of it.
And the men in power
lie.
They kill.
The have deceived you and me
and we must walk away from them.
We must go away to the mountain to pray.
Buildings will continue to fall,
they will soon tear down another on American soil
and continue to point fingers at others,
and continue to ask you to kill others.
We must walk away to the mountains.
We must pray.
The tormenting spirits are alive in this country.
We must go away and pray.
Hatred and greed rule this people.
We must pray for compassion.
For Christ has defeated the liars,
and we now are Christ's presence.
Towers fall and deceptions rise,
and we must walk to the tops of mountains
and pray.
We were captivated by death
and death swallowed us whole,
but we are now set free by life,
brought into a new Kingdom,
one transcending the old,
even being before them.
You were called out of darkness,
smoke, fear, dust, the news.
You are called to a mountain,
to a mountain to pray.

(Colossians 2:6-15, Psalm 145, Luke 6:12-19)