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President Joe Biden’s inaugural address emphasized the need to foster unity in the U.S. The next day, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber III challenged the country to go a step further: to become what Isaiah 58:12 calls “repairers of the breach.”
“Simplistic calls for unity — that is not how we can close the breach,” Barber said in his homily at the inaugural prayer service. “The only way to ensure domestic tranquility is to establish justice.”
Socially distanced and wearing masks, Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, and members of their families gathered at the White House to attend the inaugural prayer service, which was livestreamed from the National Cathedral.