|
In 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.” I’m deeply grateful for these timely and powerful insights — including reflections from Margaret Atwood, Wajahat Ali, Valarie Kaur, Otis Moss III, and more — and pray they help us determine where our nation should go from here.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE
|
