In an editorial in Monday’s Washington Times, Mark Steyn contrasts the response of Americans in two moments of national crisis: the assassination of President James Garfield and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The response from both the public and private sectors pale in comparison. To read this thought-provoking article click here.
Reading this article reminds me that we are living in times like in the days of the Old Testament prophets. Again and again God has given us wake-up calls, but we as Americans continue to slumber both in the ways pointed out in Steyn’s piece and spiritually.