A Spiritual Crisis: Injustice and Moral Bankruptcy 

Friends, we need to have an honest conversation about where we find ourselves as a nation. What I’m about to share with you isn’t easy to hear, but it’s the truth we must face if we’re ever going to find our way back to righteousness.

The Great American Grift

Let me be plain with you: our political system has become nothing more than a sophisticated con game. For decades now, both parties have been selling us the same snake oil this fantasy they call “trickle-down economics.” They tell us that if we just make the rich richer, somehow that prosperity will magically find its way down to working families.

But look around you. Where are those good-paying jobs they promised? Shipped overseas through trade deals that served corporate boardrooms, not kitchen tables. Where are those strong schools for our children? Underfunded and abandoned while tax breaks flow upward to those who need them least. Our roads crumble, our bridges fail, and meanwhile, the wealthy get wealthier while the rest of us are told to be grateful for the crumbs.

This isn’t capitalism, it’s a rigged casino where the house always wins and working people always lose.

When We Fund What We Claim to Oppose

The moral bankruptcy of this system reveals itself most clearly when we look beyond our borders. How can we claim to be a nation of values while our tax dollars fund the starvation of innocent children? How can we speak of human dignity while being complicit in systems that deny that very dignity to others?

Our politicians offer us empty words about peace and justice, but their actions tell a different story. They’ve made us unwilling participants in suffering we would never choose to support if we had a real voice in the matter. This isn’t just political hypocrisy; it’s a spiritual crisis that demands our attention.

The Divine Standard We’ve Abandoned

Here’s what I know to be true, and what every major faith tradition teaches us: how we treat others, especially those who are different from us, those who have less than us, those who need our help, this is the ultimate measure of who we are as people and as a nation.

We cannot expect to receive blessings while denying them to others. We cannot claim to follow divine law while supporting systems built on inequity and injustice. The scriptures are clear: “What you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”

Yet our current system does exactly the opposite. It elevates the powerful and privileged while casting aside the vulnerable and the voiceless. This isn’t just bad policy, it’s a violation of everything we claim to believe about human dignity and divine justice.

The Path Forward: Politics of the Heart

So where do we go from here? How do we find our way back to righteousness?

The answer lies not in tweaking the current system, but in embracing something entirely different, a politics rooted in solidarity rather than division, compassion rather than competition, and a genuine commitment to the common good rather than private gain.

This means recognizing the divine spark in every human being, regardless of their race, religion, or nationality. It means building an economy that serves families, not just shareholders. It means choosing leaders who understand that true strength comes from lifting others up, not putting them down.

A Call to Spiritual Action

Friends, this is more than a political moment, it’s a spiritual calling. We have the opportunity to reject a corrupt system that has failed us and embrace something better, something worthy of our highest ideals and deepest faith.

But change won’t come from Washington. It has to start with us, in our communities, in our hearts. We must demand better, not just from our politicians, but from ourselves. We must be willing to see the humanity in those we’ve been taught to fear or ignore.

The divine message is clear: our redemption as individuals and as a nation depends on our willingness to stand with the marginalized, to lift up the downtrodden, and to build a future where everyone, everyone, has a seat at the table of abundance.

This is our test. This is our moment. The question before us is simple: Will we choose the narrow path of selfishness and division, or will we choose the wider way of love and justice?

The answer we give will determine not just our political future, but the state of our souls.

The choice is ours. ~Balance Due