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Critical Race Theory

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Imagine that you are a middle school student participating in a course called “Courageous Conversations About Race.”  Through several weeks of instruction, you are exposed to a variety of new concepts.  For example, as a white American, you are part of an institutionally racist society.  This means you are automatically a racist, that you have “White Privilege,” and that people of color are perpetual victims of this racist society.  These concepts may seem difficult to accept.  But who are you to question them?  Your teachers seem to know what they are talking about.  So you choose to agree.

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Where Are The Tears?

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From sunset on September 27 to sunset on September 28 is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.  This sacred day of the Jewish year is the climax of what are known as the High Holy Days, also called the Days of Awe.  The theme of this period is repentance.  Of course, in ancient Israel the Day of Atonement was the holy day when the High Priest offered sacrifices to God and made atonement for the sins of Israel.  In modern times, when we think of atonement, or reconciliation to God, we usually think of this in terms of our individual relationship to the Lord.  However, the Day of Atonement focused on national repentance and atoning for the sins of all the people.  It was a corporate event.  Right now, our nation is in serious spiritual peril.  We need prayer as never before.  It occurred to me that Yom Kippur is an appropriate day to emphasize prayer and repentance.  Thinking about this, I decided to share with you something I wrote years ago, just after 9-11.  Some of the references are dated but my point, and the cry of my heart, still stands.  – Victor Morris

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Black Lives Matter: A Christian Critique

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So much is being said about Black Lives Matter.  It is hard to know what is true and what is not. I have spent several months researching and investigating BLM.  My approach is to examine the organization and the movement from a Christian perspective, with a focus on the spiritual content and practices of BLM.  I invite you to consider the results of my investigation by clicking on this link: Spiritual Aspects of BLM

An Ordinary Supper

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“Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary.”
~ Blaise Pascal

One of the foibles of human nature (and tragedies of life) is how we can get used to almost anything.  Even the sacred.  Consider the Passover celebration.  This ceremonial meal celebrates one of the most extraordinary events in the history of not only Israel, but the world—the Exodus of Israel from Egypt.  By command of God, the Children of Israel observed the Passover each spring—the roasted lamb, the unleavened bread, the bitter herbs.  Year after year, the same ritual, the same four questions, the same menu.  All of it so familiar. Continue reading →

Of Unicorns and Griffins

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My wife’s youngest sister Martha (hello Maha!) likes to celebrate a rather unusual holiday. For several years now she and her family have made a concerted effort to observe with appropriate ceremony and festivity the holiday of Groundhog Day. Their celebration consists of eating lots of sausage (ground hog… get it?), singing Groundhog Day songs, and watching the Bill Murray movie about the day. Way to go, Martha!

Such an interesting idea—celebrating a holiday that others mostly ignore. There are many days like this on our calendar. Indeed, you can do a search on the internet and find that there is something being celebrated every day of the year. This runs the gamut from National Lazy Day (August 10) to Start Your Own Country Day (November 22). You can celebrate almost anything almost any day. Yet, in this abundance of serious and silly holidays, sometimes there are lesser known days of importance that are overlooked… and overlooked to our loss, I would like to say. One such holiday happens to be today.

March 25 is a day that is usually just another day on the calendar for most people. Unless it happens to be your birthday—or you are really into celebrating National Pecan Day or Waffle Day—you will probably go through the entire day without giving a thought to its significance. Yet it is indeed significant. Why? I am glad you asked.

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