No Time for Silence

Last Saturday a Florida Jury acquitted Mr. George Zimmerman in the death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin, and catalyzed an escalating movement of protest and resolve throughout the nation.  While many contend that neither Martin’s death nor the verdict was motivated by race, many others would disagree.  In the midst of that argument, several …

“DOMA”–WHAT NOW?

Yesterday the Supreme Court of the United States published two rulings of interest to the whole country.  First, the Court ruled that the provision of the celebrated Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies federal benefits to same-sex couples, is unconstitutional.   In a second opinion, the court refused to overturn a lower-court decision striking down …

Burying the Terrorist

This morning’s News Flash: Bombing terrorist entombed in undisclosed location!  Two weeks ago if we could have peered into the future and seen this headline we would likely have concluded it was a slow news day. On week ago a longtime friend called to tell me about the bitter controversy then raging about where and whether …

Set Free to Set Free!

I remember often thinking to myself, “how could anyone with even an ounce of decency, let alone the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, seriously support slavery?”  I asked myself that question after watching the celebrated Roots miniseries years ago.  I asked myself that question when I read or heard about the heinous Apartheid system …

THE MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS

16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.  17 Then what was said through the prophet …