FOR MANY OF us, 2025 feels like George Orwell’s 1984. Some Christians profess their faith in God while cutting off support systems for people who are weak and poor. They kneel down and pray for their policies to pass — policies that will hurt the marginalized. I want God’s mighty hands to swoop down and protect us from this dystopian reality. I catch myself hoping for an extreme divine intervention. Desperation can make us long for a quick solution.
Thankfully, the passages for this month guide us to the realization that there is another way. There are “clouds of witnesses” who have shown us how to traverse the fires and divisions in our lives. Trusting in God is also learning from people (and even towns) who have shown us what it means to love God and love our neighbors near and far. I lift up the names of Ruby Bridges, my friend John, the city of Skokie, Ill., and other witnesses who have shown me how to trust in God in ways that are liberating and healing.
Who are in your clouds of witnesses? Who has shown you what it means to love God and your neighbors? Today and for this month, I hope that you will invoke their names as we journey together in this dystopian time.
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