Already in the throes of a global pandemic victimizing African Americans at twice the rate of others, our nation became submerged in yet another catastrophe – unseen in generations – in the wake of the brutal police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Because our faith is unshaken and we know God is in control, the moral authority of the pulpit and the influence of the Holy Spirit compel believers to articulate the unjust suffering of those Christ embraces as “the least of mine,” and to renounce tyranny.

The leader of the free world stood in the Rose Garden this week and claimed to be an ally of “peaceful and nonviolent protest” – a right provided not by his graciousness but rather by the founders of this great nation in the Constitution of the United States.

Despite the president’s oppressive actions against D.C. demonstrators and his ill-conceived misappropriation of church grounds, all of his bombastic rhetoric had no impact on overnight protest activities which unfortunately brought more looting and violence.

In the days after the misguided remarks of the incumbent, the recurring theme included:

Demonstrators filling the streets in all 50 states with countless police confrontations with protesters.