text: This is an unusual take on serious problems we face daily, which many of us try to see in the light of our Christian education and convictions.  I see it in terms of confronting the forces of illegitimate and/or over-exercised use of power and control in our institutions, our politics and our culture.  The chaos of 2016 tells me a LOT of people, forming into cohesive groups, are out of patience and ready for whatever confrontation may bring.  
  
  I see more empathy for people and causes not necessarily directly related to oneself, and by exercising empathy through joining others' causes, bringing focus and possible solutions to light (BLM, police violence, gun control, higher minimum wage, compensation equity, SSM opportunity, sex-based discrimination, health care insurance availability, etc.).  I see it in the RCC with women's ordination and leadership as well as continued investigation and accountability re child sexual abuse.  
  
  There is a time when impatience is the real virtue.