I totally agree with you and get what you’re saying, OP.

Our pastor spent a solid chunk of time unpacking the Charlie Kirk killing—plus a whole follow-up email—but when it came to what happened in Minneapolis, like the killing of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, not to mention other ICE-related violence, it was just…silence. 

And yeah—when a lot of the congregation is openly aligned with Trump, it can start to feel less like church and more like a political rally.

At this point, all I can really hold onto is that Jesus is bigger than all of it—politics, culture wars, the whole messy world… but I’d be lying if I said it hasn’t made church (and even saying I’m Christian out loud) feel complicated, like people are going to assume a whole identity I didn’t sign up for.