Beauty Will Win

Not long ago, I sat with some brothers over lunch and grieved the way our political debates in the United States affect the church—heightening tensions, compounding fractures, and unleashing words and actions that can only be described as ugly. Slander sells. Sowing division is popular. Bad actors profit personally or professionally from the ever-changing landscape of newly deemed “heroes” or “villains.” Clouds of self-righteousness and hypocrisy cover the sun and reinforce our tribal impulses.