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When the world feels like it’s fracturing along every possible line — political, racial, economic, generational — the church can’t pretend to be above it all.
We’re not called to be a spiritual escape room. We’re called to be the place where people learn how to live faithfully in the mess.
Church has to be a place where we talk about what’s real. A place where we remind each other that God’s love hasn’t gone anywhere, even when the ground feels shaky. A place where we don’t let fear or hate dictate who we become, but where we choose repair over revenge, courage over cynicism, and love — even when it’s hard.
This isn’t about having all the answers or offering false certainty when uncertainty is what’s honest.
It’s about remembering that our faith has something to say about how we live together when everything feels like it’s falling apart.
It’s about discovering that hesed — that steadfast, loyal love of God — isn’t just a beautiful theological concept, but a way of being in the world that can actually change things.