I have to admit that in the past few weeks as I've been reading one devastating headline after another, I haven’t exactly known what to pray for. I have prayed against hate, that God would help me to be compassionate in my responses to others and to not let hate seed into my heart. But in terms of the country, I keep throwing my hands up and praying, "God, what are we supposed to do? Tell me what to do and I will do it."

I grew up in the WWJD generation. Even if you didn’t, if you were around in the 90s, you might recall. WWJD was stamped on T-shirts and pins and slap bracelets and bumper stickers. The booming question of "What would Jesus do?" was asked from pulpits and at youth revivals and even made its way into popular Christian music.

One of the latest orders coming down from the White House is a bill to "end anti-Christian bias". I found that surprising. It suggests we need this bill because anti-Christian bias exists, only, last I knew, Christianity was the most privileged religion in the country... where is this coming from?

I learned something cool this week that I thought I would share with y’all.

There’s a beautiful worship song by a group called Vertical Worship titled, "Yes, I will". If you haven’t heard it, I encourage you to look it up. We were singing it in worship this past Sunday, and the words really spoke to me.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

I think I've shared this story before, but...

What a long year this week has been.

As a culture, there are many things that we have just accepted as part of our society. We don't fight them. Oftentimes, we don't even think about them, unless they affect us directly. We've merely accepted these things are okay with us. Or at least, not worth trying to change. 

This week, all over the news and social media we have seen the devastating fires in LA. We have also seen the devastating response of some Christians in our country. I haven’t quite figured out which is more heartbreaking.

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a lot of really WEIRD stuff in the Bible. Personally, I like that it’s included in there because I think it makes the Bible more trustworthy. No one who was making stuff up to make God or God’s people look good would include these stories! Therefore, I can only conclude that they are true.

Many of us recall the #metoo movement of 2017. Women all over the globe chimed in to social media to declare they had been victims of sexual harassment and/or assault. Some men participated also. Has anything changed since the movement started?