America is hurting. Anger is in the air. Politics turns opponents into enemies, neighbors eye each other with suspicion and online insults drown out quieter voices. Violence, once distant, now feels dangerously close.

In the early morning hours of Sept. 28, 2025, news broke of the passing of President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the age of 101. His loss is deeply felt, but his life is more than a memory. It is a rebuke to the idea that hatred has the last word. He taught and showed that love is stronger than contempt, peace more powerful than rage.

Before the pulpit, President Nelson was literally in the business of healing hearts. In the 1950s, he helped pioneer the heart-lung bypass machine that made open-heart surgery possible. Thousands of

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