In the United States, we find ourselves as a nation gripped by violence, strugging to see a way forward, the Christian Daily website reports today (Oct. 16, 2025).
For example, Charlie Kirk and the endless list of school children whose lives were cut short in their classrooms and chapels.
God cried out through the prophet: "They offer superficial treatments for my people's moral wound. They give assurances of peace when there is no peace." Across America , our hearts are heavy. We feel grief, anger, even despair. It is not only the act of violence that affects us, but the spirit of violence that hangs heavy in the air.
God said, "Let us make human beings in our image." So God created human beings in His own image (Genesis 1:26--27). Our scriptures proclaim the imago Dei, the sacredness of all humankind: irrespective of social class, or gender, or political affiliation.
Christ-followers, our calling is "Blessed as the peaccemaker, for they will be called children of God (Matthew 5--9). American Christians must find their way back to the Son of Man to learn from Him. Our symbol is not a sword, but a cross.
This is a time for a path that models Jesus with an open hand -- one that treats all our neighbors of differing cultures, class, and faith with respect and love.
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