Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)

The Beautiful Mess by John Pavlovitz Podcast · Jan 10, 2025 · 5m

Dear World,

We felt we needed to say something while saying something is still allowed.

We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged dictators before, but this is new for us. For its history, our nation has been led by men who, despite their varying flaws and deficiencies, some of which were quite disturbing, were, by and large, normal human beings. Whatever darkness in them, they had at the very least a baseline of humanity and decency that more often than not ensured rational behavior.

This man is not normal.

Over recent months, we've watched long-erected pillars of our…