You may remember me talking a bit about Bill Istad last Christmas. Bill is a formerly homeless man who my church is supporting on recovering his life. Bill was baptized tonight. He wanted to be immersed, and we don’t have a baptistry at Good Shepherd. Thanks so much to our friends at The Rock Family … Read more
We need a productive and fruitful conversation on the increasing militarization of police forces. We need a productive and fruitful conversation on police forces and race. We can accomplish none of the above without first stopping a city of more than 20,000 people from tearing itself to pieces. President Obama, this is sustained civil unrest … Read more
As I type, the latest armed conflict in Israel is one month old. That ostensibly intelligent people suppose that this conflict is morally ambiguous, or even otherwise difficult to understand in any way, infuriates me. I believe this perceived ambiguity about the unambiguous has developed largely because our esteemed president has fostered it. Israel is … Read more