3) How Do We Heal Polarization in the USA?

This might not be as big of a problem in some countries. So please forgive us for a moment if we ask for help for the USA. According to a recent poll by The Barna Group (just reported in the last year), there has been at least a 24-point jump during the previous 5 years in the percentage of people who feel that when they are pretty sure about something, that there is little chance that they are wrong. What’s more, 1 in 5 US adults told The Barna Group that at least one of their closest relationships was negatively impacted by the 2020 election. You didn’t need a poll to tell you that there has been a growing sense of polarity in the USA – but perhaps The Barna Group’s findings formalize it. Whatever can be done to forge unity, respect, and civility again? How can we unify believers and non-believers. While sharing our faith in a park today (the day this Brigada is published), one young man looked back at us and said, “If I were in your shoes, I’d be pretty embarrassed about my faith these days.” Yikes. How can we bridge these divides? Should we care – and why? (Please help us.) Oh – see The Barna Group’s report on the poll referenced above at https://www.barna.com/research/polarization-2015-2022/.