The thought of a new year is personally exciting for many of us. We’re eagerly making resolutions, promising ourselves we’ll stick to good habits, and planning for the months to come.

However, it’s a bit of a different story when we zoom out to the collective political landscape set to unfold in 2023. Sure to be filled with events that highlight, as Bonnie Kristian describes it, “our reckless and shortsighted society,” the upcoming year will call for Christians to engage the political sphere with wisdom.

Kristian encourages us to look to the book of Proverbs for that wisdom. In “King Solomon’s Advice to Americans in 2023,” she shares verses and commentary on prescient themes like power, consequences, and even Twitter. Perhaps unexpectedly, she concludes the article with reflections on love. May we heed these words in the year ahead:

“The core Christian conviction is that God—whose very character is love—defeated sin and death to free us to a life defined by love (1 John 4:8–9; Heb. 2:14–15; Gal. 5:6, 13). That should show up in our politics too.”