Tag Archives: Eric Garner

Let Ferguson – and the United States – burn!

The police essentially justify their killings of civilians by two sets of reasoning: 1) The person (civilian) did not obey them; and 2) they feared the person (civilian), i.e. they thought the person was a threat to them personally. {Click to read the full post.}

I can’t breathe.

How can a people created and preserved in such love, be capable of such hate and injustice? I have no answer, so I sob. Humans are so lucky I am not God. If I were, they would have no hope of salvation or redemption.

Now I am thinking about the Son God gave the world for payment of its sins. Jesus, sweet Jesus who Himself for a time felt forsaken by His Heavenly Father. Jesus, who Himself asked for the cup He had been given to be taken from Him. Jesus, who is the best representation for pure love we have, said:

“Don’t think that I came to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. {Click to read full post.}