in the pain and the disorientation of this time, I’d like to wonder with you about six Gospel principles – six principles about Jesus and, therefore, six principles about being Jesus’ disciples – that might help us to respond both to Charlie Hebdo and to the terrorists who murdered it staff.
Read More »A Christian response to the carnage at Charlie Hebdo
As I sit at my keyboard, just days after the massacre at the Paris newspaper Charlie Hebdo, I remember the great advice given by my first editor, the late John Dennis of the long-gone twice-weekly Southeast News in Downey, Calif.: “Never write an editorial with boxing gloves on.”
Read More »Blame the Bombed or the Bomber?
I must confess that I am perplexed and often frustrated by the insistence of many on the left side of the political spectrum who demand that we all should own the blame for the actions of the Islamic Jihadists across the globe.
Read More »Charlie Hebdo Shootings: “What do you Mean ‘You People?'”
It’s been a rough year for the world, and this is far from the worst attack on civilians even in the past month.
Read More »Muslims on edge after Paris terrorist attack on satirical magazine
A horrific attack on a satirical magazine that mocked Islam left 12 people dead Wednesday (Jan. 7) and put the Muslim community on edge.
Read More »