The nature of many paradigm shifts are that they are freeing but force us from our comfort zones. More than that,  when you start sincerely seeking the truth, you may anger the people  you’d least expect.

The last 20 months, governments across the  globe took unparalleled actions in the name of halting a virus. This has  caused people to question many things they once took for granted.  School board meetings that used to bring out four or five parents on a  good night are now packed; one local meeting in my county lasted nearly  six hours as parents waited to vocalize what had become all too  apparent: many adults who were supposedly in the business of educating  and nurturing children prioritized politics, money, and power high above  the welfare of children. Science findings were repeatedly presented  from peer-reviewed medical journals that did not back up the arbitrary  decisions of those in power. Tone-deaf to the voice of parents and  taxpayers in their district, some staff and board members were seen  rolling their eyes in meetings where high school students tearfully  testified of anxiety and depression caused by mandates that had no legal  backing.

I remember a friend of mine, the young wife of a pastor,  voicing to me her disbelief at how naive people – Christians especially  – could be in supposing the government and the media had their best  interest in mind. “Nobody loves you that much except Jesus!” she  exclaimed.

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