FROM THE EDITORS September 3, 2007 Issue

BRIDGES CAN BE BUILT TO EVEN THE HARDEST HEART THROUGH CHRIST, THE SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING OF MAN'S INSEPARABILITY FROM DIVINE LOVE.

CHRIST CAN BRIDGE THE GAP

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FAR to find polarization these days. From governments struggling to free citizens from extremist kidnappers, to ethnic groups filled with hate for each other. Unions opposing management. Even division between state and local governments over how to repair decaying infrastructure, such as was brought to light by the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota a few weeks ago.

There's another bridge that can lead humanity to those desperately needed answers—answers that will bridge these gaps and others. It's Christ, God's message of love for all humanity.

There's no bridge that will unite hatred with love. Hours spent justifying why it's OK to hate someone of another race, religion, political party, or nation have a deadening effect over the long run. They bind us to a material view that sees everyone as good or evil, "them" or "us." But bridges can be built to even the hardest heart through the Christ, the spiritual understanding of our inseparability from divine Love. This is the bridge Jesus built. The Christ, which he so fully expressed, is the life-link that connected Jesus with "our Father," a linkage that's invisible yet always there for each of us.

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