The election is over. Donald Trump is the President Elect of the United States. For many Christians, this is the outcome you voted for. White evangelicals turned out to vote in record numbers with over 80 percent supporting Trump. For many Christians, however, the election of Donald Trump is simultaneously a political, moral, and spiritual disaster. Post-election feelings range widely among our faith. This is a testament to the diversity of Christianity and its message that transcends race, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and even political ideology.
It also, however, demonstrates the deep divides between American Christians—chasms as wide as those of any doctrinal schism prior. So what does the body of Christ do now? Do our schisms sever us so acutely that the ear can finally say to the eye “I do not belong to the body?” Or is it time that we Christians suture the deep gashes that this election has inflicted and turn our eyes to a more unified future? Ecclesiastes tells us there is an appointed time for everything—a time to wound and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build. In these last few days and hours I’ve asked myself “what time is it in America?” The answer for Christians, I think, is not as easy as many—both conservative and liberal alike—seem to be making it.
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