Come Out of Her, My People

I'm a theologian who's spent my career studying systems of oppression - economic, racial, religious. And I see how easy it is to be trapped in them, even when you disagree with them.

John's call is simple: come out. Separate yourself. Don't participate in the machinery of injustice.

But that's hard. Your job is in the system. Your salary depends on it. Your community is bound up in it. Separation costs something.

I've had to examine my own complicity constantly. Where am I benefiting from unjust systems? Where am I too comfortable to resist? John's not offering comfort. He's offering clarity and a call.

I'm slowly disentangling myself from systems I can't support. It costs. But the cost of staying, I think, is higher.