Deus Misereatur

There is a spirit of craziness rolling like a menacing fog, seeping into some minds and hearts. The mindless bloodletting is uncalled for. Protest, demonstration, marches...that's the beauty of the American liberties. But retaliatory violence is the beginning of madness. Part of what makes Law Enforcement work properly is when the citizenry stand behind their Peace Officers, appreciating their work. They do what most of us would not want to be faced with; they go into situations that most of us would find downright abhorrent and unnerving; they are first-responders to emergencies that most of us don't know how to deal with; they are often a wall of civility, hope and safety behind which almost all of us can and do thrive. I am very grateful for the Peace Officers I have known over the years, and for the many whom I haven't known but I see doing their jobs. Because of you my family and I can live each day in relative safety - almost a mindless safety because you do your j...

Evil And the Justice of God by N.T. Wright My rating: 4 of 5 stars Terror trickles into the folds and fissures of our collective psyche, riding on the back of news sources, social media, fundraising mailers, and Amber alerts, and settling heavy on minds and moods. Since September 11, 2001 Americans, and many in the West, have been confronted rudely by the reality of the revolting and redoubtable. How can humans shovel so much inhumanity onto their fellow humans? From whence comes such malevolence and what will the outcome be? Is there no substantive remedy beyond the failed political attempts, the exhausted military efforts, and botched punitive endeavors? N.T. Wright, the onetime Bishop of Durham, winsome theologian and copious writer, took a stab at this subject some years back in his 176 page hardback, “Evil and the Justice of God”.  By simply being cognizant of the smallness of the book, the reader should quickly be conscious that such a petite enterprise will in no way tack...