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I have been thinking a lot about agency lately. Politics in America over the last decade has felt designed, scripted even, to rob people of their own sense of agency. I think many people feel as if our politics is happening to them—affecting their livelihood, their relationships, their neighborhoods—and is beyond their reach or influence.
Michael Wear is the president and CEO of the Center for Christianity and Public Life. He is the author of “The Spirit of Our Politics: Spiritual Formation and the Renovation of Public Life,” and the Wear We Are newsletter on Substack.
