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[[link removed]] Adam Russell TaylorIn a week filled with such promise and peril, I wrestled with what to share in
this column.

Our nation continues to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, having
surpassed the sobering milestone of 300,000 American lives lost to COVID-19. And
yet, after the FDA authorized the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use last Friday,
images of frontline workers receiving the vaccine offered profound hope,
signaling the beginning of the end of this horrific pandemic.

Last weekend we also saw dangerous mayhem in Washington, D.C.: Trump supporters,
including members of the white supremacist hate group the Proud Boys, protested
without masks, fomented violence, and vandalized downtown churches — an alarming
consequence of President Trump’s unconscionable and anti-democratic efforts to
discredit and overturn the election; these efforts should be condemned across
the political spectrum. At the same time, the Electoral College vote on Monday
officially made Joe Biden the president-elect and Kamala Harris the vice
president-elect, enabling our nation to turn a corner.

It is on this forward-looking note that we share the prophetic words of the
historians, theologians, artists, and activists featured in the latest
Sojourners cover story: “Finding Our Way in a Post-Trump America.”
[[link removed]] I’m deeply grateful for these timely and powerful insights — including
reflections from Margaret Atwood
[[link removed]] , Wajahat Ali
[[link removed]] , Valarie Kaur
[[link removed]] , Otis Moss III
[[link removed]] , and more — and pray they help us determine where our nation should go from
here.

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