About the Author: Rev. Dr. Wesley J. Wildman
Rev. Dr. Wesley J. Wildman is Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics at Boston University. Wildman is editor of Beauty in the Ordinary, a book of readings and meditations by the late Rev. Samuel Johnson Lindamood, Jr.
Now, I know Jesus taught his disciples to love their enemies and pray for those who persecute them. And following Jesus is something I take super-seriously. But I’m angry and worried, and pretty much everyone in the United States is. It isn’t easy to follow those particular instructions.
So why did I find this Lent so difficult? Loving our enemies is tough because it doesn’t mean overcoming disagreement; it means loving one another, protecting one another, caring for one another in spite of disagreement.