Someone posted An Open Letter to Rev. Franklin Graham on Facebook, expecting it to be controversial (it came with a warning!) and I read it with interest. I commented on the letter itself, but I wanted to preserve it here just in case it got moderated away for some reason (I don't expect it to be, but still, it's my thought and I wanted to keep it. Plus, I wanted to be able to edit it to add some relevant information that I didn't include when I wrote my original comment.) It was an interesting letter, but it missed the mark on a few things. For one thing, the sarcasm was appreciated by, well, me - because I love sarcasm, and I say that without sarcasm - but it's directed at a man who publicly supported Trump. Sarcasm is not only wasted on such people, in my opinion, but it actually occludes the point; they don't recognize it. I thought this sentence was well done: "We just preach the good news of Jesus Christ; love one another the best we can (which sometimes isn’t very well); feed … [Read more...]