THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS
We are definitely living through dark times, no doubt about it. All you have to do is go on FB first thing in the morning after coffee (don't!) to get news from various sources including Heather Cox Richardson and my new favorite (free) Jay Kuo. We have seen the video of Ross shooting Renee Nicole Good; of ICE agents tossing tear gas towards a gathering of children; of another ICE agent shooting a Minneapolis resident in the leg and many more. Awful. But here's the thing. While this is possibly the worst we have seen in our lifetimes--certainly in my lifetime--it has happened before. Brutal regimes stamp their way across history, terrorizing people, spreading fear and chaos wherever they go. All you have to do is read some history, but even better, go to the Bible. I recently learned that the early chapters of the Book of Isaiah were written after the return of the Israelites from Babylon, from their l...
