Lael ArringtonHow Long Can We Tear at the Fabric of America? Wanted: Reconcilers – Lael Arrington https://laelarrington.com Faith and Culture: Live Wisely Love Well Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:15:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 73081510 How Long Can We Tear at the Fabric of America? Wanted: Reconcilers https://laelarrington.com/2016/07/how-long-can-we-tear-at-the-fabric-of-america-wanted-ministers-of-reconciliation/ https://laelarrington.com/2016/07/how-long-can-we-tear-at-the-fabric-of-america-wanted-ministers-of-reconciliation/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2016 20:01:45 +0000 admin http://laelarrington.com/?p=3381 Wanted Min of Rec blogI’ve watched the acrimony and violence of this past week with a heavy heart. The Director of the FBI is by most accounts a man of “north star” integrity. Yet when he condemned Hillary Clinton as “extremely careless” in handling classified information without recommending a criminal indictment, he was harshly attacked. Two days later white police shot and killed blacks who seemed suspect. A black shooter in Dallas vented his rage by shooting as many white police officers as he could.

We tend to think that we can rip and tear at the fabric of America, but that our laws and institutions are indestructible. They can take whatever assault we deliver. But nations as well as families rest ultimately on a foundation of trust. A trust based on respect for the dignity of each individual as well as respect for the laws and institutions that protect us.

We look back over this week and wonder if that trust is fraying into an irreparable breach. And we wonder, what responsibility do we bear for being ministers of reconciliation who take seriously the call to care for our culture?

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