Editor's note: As part of our commitment to foster civil conversations in Viewpoints, we're inviting faith leaders to submit edited versions of their homilies that transcend religion, with messages that can appeal to people of all faith traditions.

For the entirety of state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters’ "Reign of Terror," we’ve heard about the importance of the Bible. Obsessed, that guy. To be fair, me, too, although we think differently about what it means to consider it to be sacred, rather than just another textbook to be shoved in a middle school locker.

One of the most significant features of the Bible is that it contains stories that aren’t all rainbows and unicorns. There is no cleanup on Aisle 8 — the sacred text includes the good, the bad and the ugly. It narrates how m

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