The Dream!

Isaiah 40 tells us that every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill shall be made low; the rugged land shall be made a plain, the rough country, a broad valley.  Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all mankind shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.  Martin Luther King had that dream for our country; that all God's children would be as one.  He dreamed that his children would be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin.  Too many of us believed we had achieved that goal.  Did we delude ourselves?

The slow burning coals of hatred still singe the underbelly of our nation.  People fanned that fire to in Virginia last week; by White Supremacists and neo-Nazis. They brought their own army, in full combat gear and guns, to protect them from the local police and those who believed in freedom and equality for all.

The KKK is our equivalent to ISIS.  They don't represent the teachings of Christianity any more than ISIS represents the teachings of Islam.  In addition to the torch parade we witnessed on TV, and the ISIS inspired use of a vehicle to kill people, C'ville also endured an alt-right conference, lead by speakers for white supremacy.  The President's condemnation of the demonstrations was lukewarm at best, not mentioning the instigators by name.  Pundits projected the idea that his talking points were written by the ult-right wing of his White House staff.

Imagine, our country is to the point where people with white supremacist leanings are members of a presidential staff.  Imagine that our country has reached the point where millions think that is a good thing.

I had thought that we settled these issues back in the 60's.  It looks like we need to start over.