To keep on keepin’ on.

Brought a tear to my eye. I wish there were more ways to show that most of us still care.

or not you think the label "hero" fits, in a time like this - when our oppressors have made it clear that they're willing to shoot - that label fits.

I’m knocking on 79 and our generation has been thru a lot of rocky times but we dealt with it and moved on, hopefully to make things better. We’ve worked hard and at this point in life, gray hair, walkers or whatever we’re dealing with, we have not forgotten our lessons..question authority. Verify and double check. Take care of our neighbors and we donate to causes dear to our hearts and convictions. Your prayer request said it all for this current situation and your decision for non compliance seals the whole point of what you’ve experienced and how you will live. I’m proudly in lock step with you. Thanks for your post 🙏

Thanks for sharing. My heart needed it

When I got to the part about the congregation roaring out their support for the people of Minnesota - SHIVERS!

Thanks for sharing this beautiful story!

Jesus, please take the motherfucker home today, into your sweet, loving arms.

I had pain like you describe - walk with cane, can't walk more than a block, spinal stenosis, etc. But my doctors did CAT/MRI scans and found blockages leading to the femoral arteries. I just had vascular surgery with stents installed and 80+% of the pain is gone.

Might not be your problem, but worth checking

BTW, I'm 84

…to my eyes. What a moving moment that must have been.

You speak for us....after all these years, we can't handle what is happening to our country, especially to those of us who just happen to be Democrats! I loved your post and applaud you and your wife for all you do. Those of us born in the 1930's may be struggling with a lot of health problems but WE WILL NOT COMPLY!

I need to hear more how People of Faith are finding their conscience and I fear so much of Christianity has been co-opted by the Prosperity Hoax.
It’s hard to hear the things I was taught as a child are mocked for being “Woke”. The only Anger I remember hearing of Jesus was vented on the Money-changers. And in our day they have perverted the whole message to take control of people’s lives and rob them of their Free Will in their desire to impose their Dominance Delirium on our Society.
So thank you for adhering to the Spirit of Christianity. I wish I knew more people like you.

Stay strong.
Stay well.
❤️

Who lives in Minneapolis

Mahalo for you and your Wife's Dedication to Our Democracy.. ☮️🌺🌻🌸🕯️🕊️💜

market on anything to do with their Lord and Savior.

With fellow members of my UMC church.

…and give us this day our daily dread,
and may we find the composure
to bear witness without becoming brittle.

For thine is the kingdom—
even now,
especially now.

Rec

dies like a dog! March on!" he said.

You touched an almost dead part of my brain (and my heart) with your post...

From the poem Barbara Frietchie by John Greenleaf Whittier. If you went to school in Maryland in the 60s and 70s, you very well may have memorized this!

Everyone has to do what is right for them

I lived and worked in Mpls for decades. Loved the city and still have a few friends there.
One was out last week with the protestors.

I really needed that this morning. You lifted my spirits

whether or not it actually happened., it puts a finger on the pulse of patriotism and finds a heart still beating. (and it made me cry.) It is taught any more? Or has it vanished? Even if it's not historically accurate, I see no reason why it couldn't be taught as literature. Shakespeare is not historically accurate either, but we still teach him - at least I hope we do.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45483/barbara-frietchie

I'm so happy to hear that a congregation understands compassion, and the need for it. I am a believer, and it has been horrid the last decade watching what I consider to be the basic tenets of Christianity twisted and contorted into something that has nothing to do with what I believe it truly is. So many of the MAGA that I live around in Texas became that way BECAUSE OF their mega churches, etc.

I am happy to know that some are coming back and embracing the love, the compassion, the grace, the forgiveness and the actual teachings.

And I will not comply. I couldn't live with myself.

You are a good man.

And thank you for putting the situation into words of action.

And there is true heroism in speaking up and refusing to bow down.

We are blessed to have you. Thank you.

I learned several things over my years:

1) the fear of getting kicked/punched is generally worse than the actuality
2) jail (short stints anyway) isn't as bad as you think
3) however, tear gas is pretty f'n bad...but survivable

As I recall, he went into the temple and destroyed the moneylenders.

Can we expect that from everyone? Because that surely needs to happen around here. The corruption I speak of is a direct cause of where we are now. Greed and Envy. Seems I have heard of those things mentioned in Christian doctrine.

I'm with you. I WILL NOT COMPLY! Don't know if I'll ever find myself in that position with regards to ICE but there are other ways I will not comply.

Thank you and your wife for standing strong. I'm closing in on 80 myself and my attitude is that I've done everything I wanted to do in this life, and I'd rather leave it fighting for what I know to be right, just, compassionate and kind than sit back and let everyone else fight to save our democracy.

would put on armor, pull out his AK and go 'hunting'....

both we are in our sixties and never thought retirement would be with such fraught.
I would like to wake up one morning without outrageous news and go to bed without such heaviness.
❤️

Thank you for the emotional uplift your post is providing. You and your wife are extraordinary Americans and I hope you live to see this tide turn back to sanity. Bless you!

Your post is very moving and inspires me to do something more to fight against this evil administration.
Thank you for all the volunteering you and your wife have done. You should be proud of all you have contributed.
Best wishes to you and your wife.

That brought tears to this atheist Minnesotan.

i agreee 100% said horton the elephant. nor will i lower my head for this thing .

What a fine example you’ve set. I’m 80 and with you.

Bless you and your wife. 🙏💖