There are things said which are mistaken, more that are irresponsible, others harmful, still others unfaithful. Managing all four at once is a significant achievement. This is desperately wrong and I hope he corrects it.

I can't mark Mother's Day without prayer and concern for the grieving moms and children of Covenant School in Nashville. May God help & comfort all who mourn. I can't do it without real distress over legislators who won't do a thing to reduce access to weapons of mass murder, who think the answer is even more guns, and cloak with faux piety their cowardice or unwillingness to act. They dare to call for prayer rather than call a legislative session to deal with the slaughter-plague. The best Mother's Day gift we could give this year is a future in which moms will endure less fear because their children live in a safer society. There's no utopia this side of eternity, but we can do better. Much better. Until then, weeping with those who weep remains the order of the day.