Public Punditry

330 Days That's how long it took for the family of George Floyd to receive the justice they sought out and deserved. There have been shed tears and broken hearts in the aftermath of Floyd's death. Over the course of those 330 days, our country has had lockdowns, elections, protests, and riots. America has undergone serious changes from top to bottom. On Tuesday, thousands of protestors across the nation stood outside the Minneapolis and millions more tuned to the television screens across the globe in hopes of hearing one word: guilty. I could not tell you how happy I was to hear that word not one but three times. Guilty . Guilty. Guilty.  Justice has been served, and the pursuit of equality has been forwarded. The jury's decision proved a historic outcome in a historic case. Court TV (my non-biased network of choice during the case) said that this verdict has brought the most eyes to the screen since OJ Simpson's infamous court case nearly twenty-six years ago. To see

Luke 9:23, "Then he said to them all, 'If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me." We all know the verse pretty well, if not very well. It's "the definition of discipleship." It's been exegeted and exposited at length in sermons, books, and podcasts, right? The pastor will sprinkle in a few Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes here and there, and he'll point the congregation to Jesus in the process of following in his footsteps as sincere disciples and servants of the Kingdom of God. If you're reading this right now, you very well could be thinking back to a Sunday Morning sermon, Wednesday Night youth group, or Saturday afternoon podcast listen when you heard a message like the one, I described. If you're not, don't think you're missing out on a once-in-a-lifetime message or a spot at the "Christian Cool Kids' Table," because you probably will at some point.  This isn't m