Notre Dame, Obama

Pray for Notre Dame. Pray for the President. What is happening there this weekend reveals in microcosm the divisive cultural battle we find ourselves in as a nation. Our partisan strife is tearing at the very fiber of our society. We must find ways to stand firmly for what we believe in, to freely speak our conscience, and at the same time to get along with each other better.

We live in a free society. We must also be a kind society. Christlikeness demands nothing less of us. In all honesty, I am as clueless as anyone as to how we should most appropriately respond to the moral decline of our society. All I can say right now is, pray.

The Catholics have been our stalwart leaders in the pro-life movement from the first day. We Baptists wavered a bit at the first. It took us a while to understand the full ramifications of Roe vs. Wade. We finally came on board, but our debt to the Catholics as trailblazers is real. I feel sorry for them as they struggle with how best to deal with what will happen today at Notre Dame. Again I say, pray.