by Ruling Elder James Parks,
June 10, 2018 I Samuel 8: 4-11, 16-20; Mark 3: 20-35
Since we last worshipped in this house, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, two icons of American culture, two people who had everything we’re told we should aspire to—wealth, fame, security—committed suicide. The leader of the Baltimore Police Department’s elite Gun Trace Task Force, who was sworn to protect us, was sentenced to 25 years in jail for corruption that the prosecutor called “breathtaking” in its scope. We commemorated the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. The Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy separated immigrant children from their parents at the border herding them into shelters.
It’s enough for me to join with Marvin Gaye when he proclaimed:
“make me wanna holler,
And throw up both my hands”
It’s as if we have lost our way, as if our moral values have become unhinged. What’s worse is that we have become used to this moral quagmire. We seem to be in a time when it is acceptable to openly and proudly display your anger, fears and hatreds as if they are badges of honor. Continue reading “A House Divided”
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