Roger Wolsey<\/a> shared the cartoon above. In my Sunday school class\u00a0yesterday, I found myself pondering the question of how faith and patriotism relate to one another.\u00a0\u00a0The matter is not as simple even as my own American Baptist tradition might seem to make it by advocating separation. I do think that \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d is the best approach. But surely that doesn\u2019t mean that Christians and other religious people ought not to discuss and participate in the political life of the nation. And so how to do that in a way that protects religious freedom\u00a0can still be challenging.<\/p>\nIt is interesting to reflect on our celebration of the Declaration of Independence made by the American colonies in relation to\u00a0Britain, even as Britain has declared its independence from the European Union.\u00a0Has anyone else noticed the odd juxtaposition and offered some thoughts on what we might learn by considering the two together?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Roger Wolsey shared the cartoon above. In my Sunday school class\u00a0yesterday, I found myself pondering the question of how faith and patriotism relate to one another.\u00a0\u00a0The matter is not as simple even as my own American Baptist tradition might seem to make it by advocating separation. I do think that \u201cseparation of church and state\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":37261,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,75],"tags":[250,1372,1394,1625,1674,3180,3187,3189,5110,5112,10104,10516],"class_list":["post-35111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christianity-religion","category-politics","tag-4th-of-july","tag-brexit","tag-britain","tag-cartoon","tag-celebration","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-european-union","tag-independence","tag-independence-day","tag-reeses-peanutbutter-cups","tag-roger-wolsey"],"yoast_head":"\n
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