Ongoing lessons from Congress for the church

As a long-time student of politics and theology/faith/religion/etc, I have been watching the recent events of the US House of Representatives and their attempts to elect a Speaker of the House as well as the the ripple effect from it. And I’ve been thinking about the lessons that the church can learn from this, if any.

Here’s what I’ve got so far.

1. Leadership is messy. But you probably already knew that. And here’s another obvious observation that becomes even more obvious in light of recent events — it’s even messier when the…