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"I am glad he will be held to some account but I lament that we are in a place where criminal proceedings against a former president are necessary. Mostly, I found myself fighting back a feeling of dread when I heard the news."

Then she recounts what she hears from many pastors about pastoring in the Trump era:

"Even the smallest nudge is enough to set things in motion. Move the flags from the front of the sanctuary."

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"Say from the pulpit that character matters. Preach the Beatitudes. Recommend a book. Things start becoming visible. You are warned. You persist. And then everything you thought you knew starts to change—long-standing relationships, spiritual friendships, trust. Maybe also your employment status."

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Then Kristin du Mez publishes a lengthy thread of commentary by a pastor named Sean Muldowney who wonders how "good and kind people ... fell into a trap, put their whole identity into advocating for a criminal, and called it Christianity."

Muldowney says that he and other pastors have encountered any number of such Christians in during the Trump era, and it's a huge challenge to know how to pastor them — when they're so certain and so hostile.

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@wdlindsy
I think all of that is true, but I also worry that if it is the only perspective, it lets too many pastors off the hook. For every pastor that pushed back another dozen kept silent, and a louder one told Christians that voting for Trump was the only "Christian" vote. I wish Pastor Muldowney well, and I wish there were more like him.

@tawtovo Yes, these are good points.

@JaneDoeTheFirst Indeed.