Article August 22, 2016 Issue

Righteous thinking and living

Roger Gordon

Recently a friend reminisced with me about how, years ago, a deeply conservative Republican member of the United States Congress used to go on sailing excursions during congressional recesses with a prominent liberal Democratic senator. Even though their political views were diametrically opposed, the two enjoyed a close friendship.

Such friendships, my friend and I agreed, seem to be all too rare nowadays. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could become more normal again?

Many of us, including practically all the political pundits, have wondered how American politics has become so nasty. The current election season is perhaps the most negative in modern history. However, the ugly rhetoric on the campaign trail has not just suddenly emerged out of thin air. Such trends tend to emerge over time, and we need to recognize and help reverse the coarseness. The most effective way to reverse it is through prayer based on a higher understanding of God and of our true, spiritual relation to one another as His children—all of us members of the same harmonious family held together in God’s love.

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