Contempt is a Dangerous Way to Lead a Country

"As you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now." At an ominous moment in American history, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde`s sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC following President Trump`s second inauguration was a rare moment of moral clarity. Growing out of the most fundamental principles of Christian ethics, Bishop Budde`s address stands as a calm but resonant call for compassion in an increasingly vicious and punitive political culture.