The results of the presidential election seem to have prompted two reactions: gloating and meltdowns. Or at least those are the main behaviors I’ve witnessed online. It makes me pine for the days that had at least a veneer of civility, for gracious losers and magnanimous winners. But it seems nobler instincts have faded in our hyper polarized climate where politics has become an idol.
Kaitlyn Schiess understands the current climate better than most. She’s spent the last three years traveling the country, speaking to Christians about poltics and faith. She points to the book of Ecclesiastes to help understand the problem—and to help move past it.
“We should honor each other’s emotional responses to this election—they are legitimate, and they helpfully point us toward the deeper stories we believe about the world and our place in it. But we should also, in the days and months after the election, point each other to the truth in Scripture that we do not “understand the work of God, the Maker of all things” (Ecc. 11:5).”
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