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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

Hebrews 416 says,

Let us then with confidence drawn near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy

and find grace to help in time of need.

Alec Baldwin was reportedly inconsolable for hours after allegedly discharging a prop gun in the accidental shooting

that killed cinematographer Helena Hutchins and injured director Joel Sousa.

Everyone knows this was an accident, but he's absolutely devastated, a source told People magazine.

Nevertheless, some have responded to this tragedy in ways that

personally disparage Baldwin. I will not repeat these taunts and jibes here. I understand that

Baldwin has offended many with his political satire and attacks on leaders with whom he disagreed.

Nonetheless, it is discouraging to see the level

to which our political discourse has sunk, and especially discouraging when Christians

participate in such vitriol. Anglican priest Tish Harrison Warren writes in her latest

New York Times op-ed.

The nation is coming apart. The world is in turmoil.

She explains, a recent poll by the University of Virginia's Center for Politics

showed that 75% of Biden voters and 78% of Trump voters believe that their political opponents have become

a clear and present danger to the American way of life. A majority of Trump voters, 52%, and a large

minority of Biden voters, 41%, support splitting the country into two along blue-red lines. Digital media executive

Brett Mizzellis tweeted, if you're attacking Alec Baldwin for this horrible tragedy, you are a bad

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