I don't have to tell you that the general trend of conversation on social media has become less civil, do I? Not just impolite, on both sides of the aisle I have seen Christians carried away into bitter and hateful speech. Before you ask, there are Christians who vote both Democrat and Republican, not to mention independents like myself. 
Even more recently I have heard people suggest that the answer to the problem is to simply delete our Facebook accounts or to stay out of politics all together. I sympathize. On my personal account I have dealt with the vitriol by not responding to other's political posts and posting less and less as the bile grew.
Then I saw a friend who was hurting; all metaphor aside politics has been giving her a stomach ache. The word compassion in Greek means "From the gut." She is living it out. As we chatted, I realized I was part of the problem. In my silence, I had let her and others believe that they were alone.
