"Deliverance Will Rise" - Thoughts on Afghanistan, the Holocaust and Our Responsibilities
If you've been online at all over the past month, you will have noticed there's a crisis occurring in the Middle East. As soon as American soldiers headed for home, Taliban forces moved in and took over the country of Afghanistan. I know a lot of people who are upset. There are those who are angry that troops were removed from the Middle East; others become defensive over the idea of having to share their "home country" with refugees; some are simultaneously grieved and inspired by the stories coming from within the country's border; and there are those who wish they could live in their own native land in peace, free from the tyrannical authority which threatened destruction and drove them out. I am not inclined to sarcasm. It is not a natural function for me. So please trust me when I say - there are many who are labeling this current point in history as "the end of the world", and I do love them. But I feel like we're missing the whole point. H...