Step Beyond Our Narcissistic Laziness

      The execution of a television reporter along with her cameraman by a black, homosexual, ex-employee with anger and perhaps guilt issues in southwestern Virginia yesterday was indicative of the moral corruption in our country today. Very sad to say, and no doubt a very generalized condemnation, but simply true. Perhaps, from this tragic, foolish incident can come a bit of recognition by all of us of our need for spiritual and moral rebirth.  Sin is sin, right is right, wrong is wrong. We must quit playing games with morality and stop making excuses and acknowledge we're on an ever-increasing downhill slope.  

      Answers are not simple or easy. But, a greater recognition of the mental and emotional problems of people is essential. More awareness of  these folks and more effort to help them is required. But, government money thrown at them is not the answer, and restrictive control of firearms isn't either. Bureaucrats have nearly nothing to offer us (example after example). We must step beyond our narcissistic laziness.
      Our view of the value of life itself must become more focused. Churches must step forward in this effort. "Loving God and loving each other"---must become our guiding light---and we must be perfectly clear in explaining this. The Church must start elucidating core elements of right behavior and do so courageously and loudly and constantly. Pastors must be braver! Pastors must start telling their spiritually ignorant (sorry, I mean as in ignoring the truths around them) congregations what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior very clearly. This general degradation in America serves as unfortunate evidence of the failure of the Church to fulfill one its major roles---to display Godly behavior. It's time to re-think; it's time to re-commit; it's time to clean house. Let's do it!