C'mon, Don't Be Mean

Horizon Gate founders Donna & Mark Turner

     We don't know about you, but we're already tired of election year rhetoric, especially the kind that seeks to strike fear in us so we'll do what they say. 

     On places like Facebook and Twitter we get hit by extremely volatile statements from both the right and the left.

     The other day this made a scripture very dramatic to us: ". . . solemnly charge them not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. . . . avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene." (II Timothy 2:14b, 16-17a)
     Yes, expressing ourselves can bring death, rather than life. It is so tempting to respond, or post something hurtful and insulting in our campaigning passion.  

     But it is not just in our verbiage. Artists, filmmakers, craftspersons, performers, will you commit with us to spread only life in our expressions?   There is death enough for everyone, but what we need is life and light, reconciliation, -- returning love for hate, beauty for ugliness.

  

Like Christ, let's contrast the meanness that is building up in the world.