There's this image I keep thinking about as I scroll past one video after another of

immigration enforcement agents romping through Minnesota. This picture shows one of those

signs you see in front of churches, the kind with a Bible passage or an

inspirational message on it. This one's in front of the Judson Memorial Baptist Church

in Minneapolis. It reads, Blessed are the whistleblowers, for they play the music of salvation.

I find the presence of faith leaders at moments like this, reassuring.

And they've been here the whole time.

Like remember when the president was first inaugurated,

and the bishop of Washington, D.C. took to the pulpit and asked him to show mercy.

This time is a little different, though.

Just the other day, a reporter from Religion News Service posted a picture of himself.

In goggles, a helmet, a gas mask.

He captioned it, LOL, Religion Reporting, 26.

I think I find faith leaders comforting because their perspective is long.

Take Bishop Robert Hirschfeld of New Hampshire. He's Episcopal, not afraid to talk politics from the

pulpit. When I asked how he was handling the last week or so, as a religious figure, asked him for a

pastoral vibe check, he said this. My vibe is, I've been called to be really grounded and

centered in the depth of my, the wisdom of my faith.

So I feel increasingly at peace, although the world is not at peace.

That's a remarkable skill to feel increasingly at peace now.

Well, because the alternative is chaos and internal mayhem and even just deep despair.

Bishop Hirschfeld was born in Minnesota.

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