So why fight? Why deny what feels right in order to enshroud ourselves in a seemingly vain attempt at righteous living? As followers of the Way, we must be rooted in him with our whole selves: doubts, failures, wayward eyes, tender hearts, and dreams alike. They all belong to Him. We fight because that is who we are, and in doing so we embrace a nature deeper than the sin that ensnares us.
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.