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Community

June 3, 2020

Dave Patrick Underwood

Recently, another American man was killed, this time gunned down while standing outside the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland, California. Dave Patrick Underwood isn’t a household name. His death didn’t make nearly as many headlines. But his life mattered, too, and his murder should displease every American. Underwood was a law enforcement officer in the Federal Protective Service. He and a colleague were […]

May 18, 2020

Petition to Reopen

Previous: Some More Thoughts About Civil Disobedience Previous: Some Thoughts about Civil Disobedience After much prayer I started a simple petition online at: https://www.change.org/p/governor-of-minnesota-tim-walz-free-exercise-of-religion-and-public-policy The goal is simple. I believe each local church should have the right and freedom to choose when to reopen safely. Many small churches can reopen safely. It is time for state officials to work with local communities to reopen our […]

May 11, 2020

Some More Thoughts About Civil Disobedience

Previous: Some Thoughts about Civil Disobedience One may well ask: ‘How can you advocate breaking some laws and obeying others?’ The answer lies in the fact that there are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws as I did the other day. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just […]