One year ago today, we were arrested in the US Capitol rotunda for praying against the one big deadly and destructive bill that Trump had demanded Republican leadership push through the House and Senate without hearing from a single person who would be impacted by the bill’s cuts to nutrition assistance and healthcare. Sloan Meek and Suvya Carroll, disabled activists from North Carolina, saw news of our arrest and brought their own prayers to Congress. They have become important leaders in the moral movement for a Third Reconstruction.
At our national public theology conference on the moral issues of this year’s midterms, Sloan and Suvya joined us, along with Bible scholar Ched Myers and budget analyst Lindsey Khoshgarian, whose report on the impacts of last year’s legislation we shared with you on Tax Day.
As we said a year ago, they can arrest us for praying, but they cannot stop our prayers.
The work of this year is to turn our prayers into votes.
