While watching the Olympics opening ceremony, I've been struck by a sense of sadness and emotion. There is so much acrimony, bitterness, and denigration of each other. Political pundits that preach the need for unity and solidarity (as long as you are backing their causes) try to outdo each other in their ability to mock and scorn the other nations. I was overwhelmed by a sense of how we are all children of our Father in Heaven. Should this not be a special opportunity to celebrate the joy of the diverse expressions of being brothers and sisters? How is it that we cannot find it with in ourselves to love and cherish each other? Why is it that even those who should hold fast to the truth so often are found mocking and scorning the principles that would create the world that they so avidly preach for? How have we as a world become so lost and deceived?
