{"id":10886,"date":"2017-01-29T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T18:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10886"},"modified":"2017-01-29T10:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T18:08:33","slug":"my-own-personal-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10886","title":{"rendered":"My own personal Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post<\/a> reinforced something I have thought about for a long time. <\/p>\n

Many American Christians seem to imagine a Jesus who is open carrying a Glock, wearing an NRA badge on one lapel and an American flag on the other while checking his investment portfolio on his iPhone at the same time. 
\nI tend to think he’d be at an airport right now raising holy hell and busting people out of detention. Or helping keep refugees safe on ships trying to get somewhere-anywhere-they’d be safe. Or helping in a camp somewhere. <\/p>\n

He wouldn’t be a patriot of a particular nation. He wouldn’t be advocating for building walls anywhere. <\/p>\n

Borders weren’t his thing. It was love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post reinforced something I have thought about for a long time.  Many American Christians seem to imagine a Jesus who is open carrying a Glock, wearing an NRA badge on one lapel and an American flag on the other while checking his investment portfolio on his iPhone at the same time.  I tend to … Continue reading My own personal Jesus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2PA","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11393,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11393","url_meta":{"origin":10886,"position":0},"title":"A solitary ramble","author":"Michelle","date":"April 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind On the border line of the edge And where I walk alone --Green Day It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single woman in possession of a good pair of walking shoes, must be in want of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11561,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=11561","url_meta":{"origin":10886,"position":1},"title":"An imaginary conversation about not being ticklish","author":"Michelle","date":"April 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I like it when you do that... 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