Okay, so maybe there’s a little more to say about this topic than just a cheeky emoji. Especially in this annus horribilis which is 2020, the entire world and everything in it seems to be swallowed up in the gaping maw of political fighting. I was talking with a friend the other day, and we both lamented that neither of us could remember the last time we had a conversation that wasn’t about pandemics, protests, or people pining to be president—all of which, of course, is patently political. To make matters worse, the pressure on pastors to publicly give their opinion on every event that explodes into the Twitterverse is enormous. To some, silence is violence, and a failure to speak tells us everything we need to know. To make matters even worse, let’s be honest—most of us, even as pastors, do in fact have opinions about most of these things, sometimes strong ones. And given that it’s our job, week in and week out, to speak, to teach, to persuade, it sometimes feels entirely natural and right and good—even necessary—for us to wade into every controversial conversation with the goal of setting folks straight.
All that said, I’m actually
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