God, have mercy.
We wake this morning to a world whose wars are growing more and more frightening. The devastation and killing of innocents in Palestine is unconscionable. The holding of hostages, using human lives as bargaining chips, is horrific. Now the escalation of violence with a drone strike by Iran on Israel leaves us groaning in grief. We shall not look away. We shall not ignore the atrocities. We pray for the killing to stop. We...