The human factor in spirituality is constantly causing us to look back upon better, easier, simpler days. Unity depends upon our individual willingness to open up to and lean upon one another.
Jesus engaged society in a relevant way. The shouters I have seen cropping up around Seattle spew a litany of hate that wounds the heart of God and tarnishes the work the church is trying to do. It only fortifies the fence we are trying to remove between society and us.