Moore expressed that her and Piper’s differing views caused them “to have a certain allergy to each other. Disapproval of one another.”
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“I realize this story will bring out side takers and maybe even haters but they will have missed the point. Neither John nor I have always been right or wrong,” said Moore. While Moore wouldn’t describe her conversation with Piper as “particularly chatty or chummy,” the two spoke “mostly about family.”
“That was common ground and good ground. I’ve always been tender toward his kids as I’d like to think he’s been toward mine. It’s brutally hard to be the children of such opinionated and outspoken people.” Moore said. “Imagine how many times our children have opened up social media and seen where we’ve dropped some kind of grenade, a take on something they could not support or, if they did, certainly wouldn’t have wanted us to say it publicly the way we said it.”
Moore said that “many years have passed” since that lunch. “But every single time I have ever squirmed over anything he has said or written, I revisit that lunch,” she continued. “I think how hard it is at times for people who come from such different places and see things from different sides of the table to understand one another.”
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“And what I know even when I don’t agree with his take on a thing is that his faith is genuine, his love for Jesus indisputable and his endurance admirable,” Moore concluded. “And I can say to myself, that is my brother.”
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