Abraham Lincoln’s famous scriptural quote must be taken more seriously than ever before: “A house divided against itself, cannot stand.” Only the socially blind would not see that we are staring in the face of Civil War II!
The coronavirus pandemic stripped away the façade of “We’re all in this together” and exposed the ugliness of racism at work.
This year’s Holy Week has arrived with solemnity amid global calamity. COVID-19 is forcing all of us to confront our mortality.
To stop this virus, we must have the buy-in and support of everyone — including immigrants, no matter their status, as well as Muslim refugees, racial and ethnic minorities and people who speak a different language than we do.
Last Saturday morning, like many others I sat in the middle of the floor in my home office and wept, profusely. I cried about all of the recent tragic events; but not merely for those situations alone.
Nearly a hundred years after the American Revolution, Frederick Douglass praised the insurmountable patriotism, heroism, and intelligence that the leaders of the American Revolution possessed.
A phrase from the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Stride toward Freedom, reverberates in my mind this MLK Day: "Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable."
But high-quality assessments, which reflect the kind of rigor students need, are too valuable for parents to forego — especially for the majority of African American, Hispanic, and disadvantaged children.
Only a few weeks ago the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), which represents nearly 40 denominations and over 45,000 congregations, stepped back from its pro-death penalty stance of over 40 years.
Now that trauma has passed, but before the horrible racial violence in Charleston fades into just another historical footnote, I feel compelled to remind Christians of this undeniable fact: Every American citizen should loathe the racial hate that lurks in the shadows of a civilized society.
