Do Whatever You Can!
Myanmar (Burma) is roiling. In recent weeks, some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from northern Rakhine State (western Myanmar) to neighboring Bangladesh. The underlying tensions driving this mass exodus are somewhat complicated, with roots going back decades. Rohingya Muslims (immigrants from Bangladesh over the past century or so, who are denied rights to citizenship), Rakhine Buddhists (the majority group there, some of whom still want independence from Myanmar), and the Burmese military (mostly Buddhist soldiers, who principally protect the interests of the Bama ethnic majority group in Myanmar) have a history of fighting violently with one another. The unresolved, and seemingly unresolvable, conflicts are wreaking havoc in this region.
Do I Dare Say It? The Emperor Has No Clothes.
We are living in a nightmare that is getting worse by the day. Not only have we lost our ability as a nation to talk rationally and civilly with one another and to resolve our differences peaceably, our country has not been this divided since the Civil War. We’re coming apart at the seams. Violently.
Don't Forget to Stay Grounded
Jesus chastised the disciples because they were letting their circumstances unnerve them. They were giving too much power to their fears, forgetting that following Jesus into the boat calls for trusting God through the storm.