A Prayer on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
As we celebrate today and remember the important legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we give thanks for the progress we have made together in this country. But we also pray and strive for the progress that still needs to be made. I was reminded of the work of Christian civil rights champion John M….
Why Free Speech Matters for Everyone
The great abolitionist Frederick Douglass once observed, “Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions cease to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power.” Free speech has the power to reveal the truth,…
Living with Joyful Obedience
Imagine being given news that you know in an instant will forever change your life. You will never be the same. That was Mary as the angel of the Lord appeared to her to deliver the news that she would “bear a son and shall call his name Jesus,” (Luke 1:31). Now imagine that as…