Friday, November 21, 2025

SojoMail - Staying quiet when murder becomes foreign policy

In this week’s SojoMail: Why Christians should speak out about the administration’s killings in Venezuela, a pastor explores the “holy rage” found at ICE protests in Broadview, and the exploratory faith elements of Rosalia’s new album.

The Cost of Staying Quiet When Murder Becomes Foreign Policy

If every life bears God’s image, Adam Russell Taylor wants to know why we are watching Venezuela in silence:

The Trump administration is blowing boats to pieces off the coast of Venezuela.

At different points this year, I’ve been left with the unsettling feeling that I don’t have the emotional bandwidth to fully process—let alone respond to—all of what’s happening. Early in the year, we all acknowledged that this overwhelmed feeling was by design, part of the Trump administration’s “flood-the-zone” strategy, intended to weaken and divide its opposition.

I’ve been wrestling with this in light of the attacks the Trump administration is orchestrating in Venezuela. On one hand, I’m perplexed at why such a costly, unlawful, and frankly evil operation isn’t garnering louder public outcry; on the other hand, I know there is so much else on people’s minds. It’s not that we don’t care about it all—from Chicago to Palestine to Sudan to so many other places where we know there’s urgent suffering—but there’s only so much outrage we can process before weariness takes over.

And yet I can’t ignore what’s happening in Venezuela. In the midst of what can often feel like overwhelming crises, I can hear Paul’s inspirational words and remember the faithful, instructive witness of the early church.

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