One of the simpler digressions in faith building in recent years has been to ask, “What would Jesus do?” While emulating Christ is generally a safe bet, the concept runs deeper and is more complex than a few blithe questions regarding the modeling of behaviors.

The normal course of events in today’s arena of max-critical politics, is to build oneself up by tearing others down. Such behavior should be accompanied by deep shame at our failure to respect one another. It is not impossible to do, but finding true statespersons to serve the public good is hard, especially the kind that...