Like many of you, I have been watching the aftermath of the storms in Oklahoma from afar. Also like you, I’ve been thinking about what an appropriate response might be. I don’t know that I have anything profound here, but I do have three quick thoughts about what you might do:
1. Weep. The Bible says that we are to weep with those who weep (Rom. 12:15). The most recent reports say that at least 24 people have been killed in this tragedy—many of which were school children who were trapped in the rubble at their school. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for some parents to have gone to bed last night still not knowing where their child is. It just takes your breath away even to imagine it. What must it be like to have to experience it? If you are feeling grief and horror at what has happened, those are the right feelings. Let them in, and weep with those who weep. The first and most obvious thing you can do to love those who are suffering is to feel it with them as best you can. Continue Reading →

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Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of three charges of first degree murder. He killed countless other live-born infants, but prosecutors could only prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he murdered these three. Some were killed after being delivered alive into toilets. Others had their necks “snipped” with scissors after clinic workers had played with them. The crimes were so heinous and the conditions so gruesome that it’s staggering to imagine that people have been witnessing and participating in this horror for decades.









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