By Rev. Mark Creech Since the dawn of time, labor has been a part of God’s economy. Work is inherent to our purpose, meaning and dignity. In 1999, the New York Times reported an incident in an impoverished country. Relief workers distributed food and other necessities to a long line of people who waited patiently. […]
Rev. Creech's Commentary
Vester Lee Flanagan: A Hate Crimes Anomaly?
By Dr. Mark Creech Edwin Hubbel Chapin once said, “Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the chain of order.” If ever there was a “seeming anomaly” in the chain to enforce the orthodoxy of political correctness, it’s Vester Lee Flanagan, also […]
The Pope and Air Conditioning?
By Dr. Mark Creech During a visit to the Holy Land, Mark Twain and his wife stayed in Capernaum near the Sea of Galilee. One beautiful night, he decided to take his wife on a romantic moonlit ride on that famous body of water. Dressed in his signature white hat, suit and shoes, he strolled […]
Who is Throwing These People In?
By Dr. Mark Creech A few weeks ago, Harvard’s Robert Putnam told the Washington Post that organized religion had focused too much on the culture war and wasn’t focused enough on issues of poverty. President Obama has also echoed these words, as well as many others on the left. I suggest the statement is fundamentally […]
Accumulating Peril
By Dr. Mark Creech This week Japan marked its 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Thousands of people stood silently at 8:15 a.m. marking the time of the blast at its epicenter in Hiroshima’s peace park. Dozens of doves, as symbols of peace, were released. The commemoration reminded me of Dr. Billy Graham’s words […]
Is N.C. Morally Right to Resume Executions?
By Dr. Mark H. Creech Certainly one of the most bitterly fought laws was a New York statute that passed June 4, 1888. It substituted the electric chair for the gallows as a means of capital punishment. Interestingly, its strongest opponents were public utilities that believed the use of electricity in executions would have a […]
Donald Trump, Gambling and Character
By Dr. Mark Creech Donald Trump is certainly commanding a lot of attention in his run for the Presidency. Trump is a real mover and a shaker. A man like him with his business savvy might be able to lead this country back to prosperity. He is confrontational, unwilling to back down from a fight. […]
Churches Call for End to ‘War on Drugs’
By Dr. Mark H. Creech Earlier this month, the New England Conference of United Methodist, a group of 600 churches spanning six states, approved a resolution calling for an end to the nation’s War on Drugs. They believe the love of Christ constrains us to do so. In part the resolution reads, “In the love […]
Obligated to Resist
By Dr. Mark Creech Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it; he is obligated to do so.” Without question, it was this principle that a coalition of religious leaders had in mind, when 16 days in advance of the U. S. Supreme Court’s decision, […]
July 4th, Mourning, not Celebration
By Dr. Mark Creech The lady at the Cleaners where I take my shirts said to me as I was leaving, “Thank you, Rev. Creech, have a great Fourth of July.” Her intentions were good, but her well-wishes deeply grieved me. I tried hard to muster a smile and say, “You too!” But it was […]