[This past Sunday morning we took an unusual break in our service to talk about the recent presidential election.  Here are my notes.] I want to take an unusual pause in our service this morning to have a pastoral chat about politics.  Carrie was kind enough to make room in

The most divisive issue in American today is political affiliation – specifically presidential political affiliation.  It is more divisive than race or economics or any other issue that has been predominant in American public life. Hateful, contemptuous, and dehumanizing, rhetoric and memes can easily be found on both sides of