I was appalled to discover that Tim Walz’s church has come under attack by the Right. It seems that he is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), which is a perfectly normal, mainstream, Protestant church. 

But not according to the Right and MAGAheads everywhere. One “conservative” publication went so far as to say that ELCA is “a Trainwreck of Heresy and Blasphemy” -- this, I think, mostly because the ELCA talks about things like feeding the hungry and healing the sick.

There is no little irony in this. We have here enemies of Walz, that goodly man, unable to attack the man himself, and instead pillorying his Church for the crime of actually practicing what Jesus taught.

References:

Tim Walz’s Lutheran Church is a Trainwreck of Heresy and Blasphemy, Protestia,  https://protestia.com/2024/08/07/vice-president-pick-tim-walzs-lutheran-church-is-a-trainwreck-of-heresy-and-blasphemy/#google_vignette

“Political Attacks on Walz’s Church? Good Grief,” Brian Kaylor, Word&Way, August 8, 2024. https://wordandway.org/2024/08/08/political-attacks-on-walzs-church-good-grief/

“Attacks on Tim Walz’s Lutheran Denomination are Undermined by Reality — I Mean, Is ELCA Even Exciting Enough for Controversy?” By Daniel Schultz, Religious Dispatches, August 13, 2024, https://religiondispatches.org/attacks-on-tim-walzs-lutheran-denomination-are-undermined-by-reality-i-mean-is-elca-even-exciting-enough-for-controversy/

 

I'm So Proud

So, great news on my personal front! Like a lot of people, I’m texting for Kamala and Tim. Most of the time, we get civil responses, even from Republicans. Sometimes we do get a few swear words in response, but those are fairly rare.

But, day before yesterday...I got my very first death threat! 

Some mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, reactionary troglodyte said if he could just get at me with his AR-15, I’d be toast.

Wow.

I’m so proud. 

I mean, some people go their whole lives without getting an affirmation like that.