Yes, World, it's That Bad Here in America. (Actually, it's Worse.)

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Nov 17, 2024 · 4m

A friend from Australia texted me last week.

He’d been watching the election news and said he wanted to check on me.

We’re heartbroken to see what’s going on there. he wrote. Is it really as bad as it looks?

Another sweet reader from England messaged me this morning with similar concern for me and for our nation, based on what she’s been reading and seeing in the media.

Over the past two weeks, I’ve had many kind-hearted people from all over the world make similar inquiries about America, asking if it is as dire and alarming up close as it appears from a distance.

Yes, yes it is.

Thanks for…