"In the long run, especially the eternal long run, division serves no one. It is exhausting, debilitating and destructive. President Oaks, in the name of Christ, has again invited us to choose a better way — the way of a peacemaker who understands that through our actions now, each of us will make the most of this life and the one to come."
Deseret News featured an op-ed by Wheatley Institute Religion Director Paul Lambert echoing a call to action from a recent General Conference address by President Oaks.
Lambert emphasized the need for peacemakers in a world facing increasing challenges of hatred and division, calling for more respectful language, more connection with those we disagree with, and less labeling as "us and them."
"We can choose to see people as fellow children of God and societal circumstances as opportunities to “build, lift, encourage, persuade, and inspire,” as late church President Russell M. Nelson taught."