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The Crime Without a Face

Three days after the horrific murders in Atlanta, we still haven’t seen the faces of four of the six women of Asian descent gunned down by Robert Aaron Long. As someone who covered crime for many years as a print journalist, I remember the scramble to locate photos and bios of victims in the immediate aftermath of a multiple murder or mass-casualty event. Journalists are incredibly resourceful in tracking down this information, but all the firepower of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other esteemed news outlets hasn’t managed to bring the faces of these

With Jesus, You Always Have Enough to Start Over

It has been a year of loss for so many people. Some of those losses were necessary; I believe God invited us to divest ourselves of idols in the year 2020. An idol is anything that receives more honor, allegiance, and devotion in your life than Jesus Christ. Those things need to go, and if you don’t do it yourself, God will allow them to topple—but don’t wait that long! Then there are the losses that crept across the land in 2020, leaving some families in deep pain this Christmas season. I’m reminded of the words of a wise friend:

An American Tragedy

I was about to sit down to write today, and then I noticed this Facebook post from Dr. Shawn Okpebholo, Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Wheaton College. “Dr. O” expresses his thoughts about today’s biggest headline better than I ever could. Shawn is one of my son’s music professors, and I served with him in a South Sudanese refugee settlement in 2019. I can tell you that he is a man after God’s own heart. This post is used with permission. Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for COVID-19. Those who know me understand that