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CLINTON ON RECONCILIATION
In March of 1993 President Clinton invited some religious leaders to the White House. In addressing the group the president mentioned the three greatest problems he sees facing the United States and which he said religious and political leaders must address: 1) our inability to develop people to their fullest potential” because of the burden of worldwide poverty, 2) our inability to develop meaningful work for all people, 3) our inability to deal with diversity as a strength rather than as a weakness. Perhaps President Clinton failed to note the irony in his request for the church to address that last problem, but he had a perfect right to ask the church to act as an agent of reconciliation in a bitterly divided and fragmented world, for that is our divine assignment. The only trouble is, the church seems, at times, to be as divided and fragmented as the world it seeks to reconcile. From a sermon by C. William Nichols…