Recently, I read about a woman who phoned her TV repairman and complained that something was wrong with her television set. The serviceman asked if there were any visible signs or symptoms. “Well, the newscast is on right now,” said the lady, “and the reporter has a very long face.” The serviceman replied, “Lady, if you had to report what’s happening these days, you’d have a long face, too.” That illustration came to mind the other night when I was talking to a friend in another state. After catching up a bit, we discussed some of the unfortunate things that are happening across our nation today.

My friend really caught my attention when he said he couldn’t believe all the armed guards that surround his church on Sundays, outside in the parking lots and inside the buildings as well.

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The Rev. Hal Brady is an ordained United Methodist minister and executive director of Hal Brady Ministries, based in Atlanta. You can watch him preach every week on the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters TV channel Thursdays at 8 p.m.

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