Should We Rejoice in the Death of Our Enemies?
Relevant Magazine published a timely piece online today about the death of Osama bin Laden that has generated quite a bit of conversation. Here is a brief excerpt: After the announcement was made that the world’s most infamous terrorist was indeed dead, the Twitter-sphere blew up. As many as 4,000 tweets per second posted to […]
To Kill a Mockingbird Reminds Us That Compassion Holds the Key to Change (Huffington Post)
From political campaigns to prime-time television, our collective desire for change is given lip-service in almost every area of American life. We long for lasting change and cheer it on when we get a glimpse of it: from elections, to Wall Street reforms, to transformations of the biggest loser we yearn to believe it can […]
A Good Friday Reflection
Although He clearly tried to prepare His followers for the moment, sometimes I wonder if it was not until the experience at the Garden of Gethsemane, as soldiers sent from the church of Israel arrested Him, that the disciples truly began to understand the purpose of Jesus. Three of the Gospels tell us a disciple […]