"The Man Who Captured Eichmann": Rationalizing Evil

The Man Who Captured Eichmann, with Robert Duvall as the notorious Nazi Adolf Eichmann, is based on the memoirs of Israeli operative Peter Malkin. It ...

A Profound Blessing

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless ...

The Lesson of Emmett Till

While many Americans are unaware of the story of Emmett Till, his story may have had the single greatest impact upon the Civil Rights movement. Emmett ...

Blaming God but Doing Nothing

On my door there's a cartoon of two turtles. One says, "Sometimes I'd like to ask why he allows poverty, famine, and injustice when he could ...

Investing in Companies That Harm People?

In the summer of 1997, my internship had ended, and I picked up my last paycheck. How did I employ the talents my Master entrusted to me? I invested a ...

White Moms Defend African-American Student

Several years ago, when I worked as a campus chaplain at Norfolk State University in Virginia, I received a 2 a.m. call from Willie, an African-American ...

Principal Takes Student's Punishment

A modern parable: At a parochial middle school, a boy stands with back arched and hands clenched. "Go ahead, give it to me," he says.

The principal ...

"Life as a House": Making a Wrong Right

In the movie Life as a House, George, a forty-something employee at an architectural firm, loses his job and his health. When he learns he has only four ...

Persevering Christians Resemble Beating Heart

We need to be coronary Christians, not adrenal Christians.

Not that adrenaline is bad. It gets me through lots of Sundays. But it lets you down on Mondays. ...

"Les Miserables": Mercy Prevails

The movie Les Misérables, based on the novel by Victor Hugo, focuses on French investigator Javert's relentless manhunt of a criminal—Jean ...