The Day the Klan Came to Town

Most of us don't want to talk about the embarrassing stuff from our past. This is as true of us as a nation as it is of us personally. This fictionalized retelling of a true event reminds us that not talking about our abusive past only gives hate air to breathe and catch fire again. 

As a Christian, I am saddened that people who call themselves by the name perpetrated this hate and violence, believing they were doing the work of God. I think that was a god of their own making. An idol they used to empower them to commit these atrocities. 

Regardless of our faith, culture, or history, I believe we will always continue to take from those who are different from those in power, who believe different, who talk different, and have different traditions, until we as a nation learn to embrace each other and truly accept and respect each other in these differences. Let us work for that goal.