I Miss Having a Human President

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Jun 28, 2025 · 3m

I can remember when we had a human president.

It was only a few months ago, but it may have been a lifetime.

Watching President Biden at the memorial service for Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, who were murdered in their homes by a Conservative Christian zealot, my heart broke open again at the sight of a leader of empathy performing the greatest act of leadership: being human.

I realized that amid the unthinkable criminality, staggering overreach, and human rights rollbacks we’re living through, perhaps the most tragic loss this nation has experienced, is that…