Opening
I'm tired. So much is at stake this election year. Or at least I f eel like there is a lot at stake. I worry that the world as I know it, one that is emerging toward greater equality for people in all segments of society, will snap shut. That we will close our hearts around fea r. I am tire d of the angst and the language and meanness , of the lies and of the mask we humans can wear over our prejudices. It's not socially appropriate to be prejudice so we mask the feelings with anger, distortions of truth, and veiled accu sations. No doubt being prejudice is wrong. It's al so wrong to think we aren't prejudice when we are, to not see our behavior for what it really is. Watching the Presidential and Vice P residentia l debates is an example of this . I'm tired. I know I need to keep working for justice, as I understand it as a progressive Christian. And I will. But I am tired of how we speak to one another and treat each other. I am trying to be a...