Thinking of Missouri tonight, where I grew up and where I have family and many friends.

Blessed are the peacemakers—may there be more of them. May reconciliation and sacrificial compassion take the place of division and easy anger. Peace doesn’t happen on its own—blessed are those who work to make peace. Blessed are the peacemakers.

Also, my native state is hard to draw.

Update: this is the best thing I have read about the situation in Missouri.

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