Joan,
I believe we are at a critical place in our human evolution, especially the evolution of Western society.  We are witnessing the death of EVERY institution that was built upon the model of fear, power and control.  The Church, government, healthcare, education, banking and finance, etc. etc. etc.  ALL of it is in the midst of its own collapse.  While it may be painful to watch, our job is to stand back and let it all die.  Fear is not self-sustaining.  Love is.  And what comes out of death?  As Christians, we know the answer to this question:  NEW LIFE.  A new world is in the process of being born out of the ash of the world that is dying.  The insanity that we are currently seeing is the death throes of the old.  We can be hospice to the dying world, but more importantly we are called to midwife the new - a world based on the foundation of love.  The world Jesus saw and all the prophets before him.

Lauri Ann Lumby
Authentic Freedom Academy
Temple of the Magdalene
Oshkosh, WI