On Saturday morning, eleven people were shot at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. Worshippers had gathered at the synagogue, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood for a baby naming ceremony during the Sabbath.  According to reports, the suspect, who has been officially identified as Robert Bowers, 46,  a white Source: Eleven People Killed in a Mass Shooting at the Pittsburgh Synagogue : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan

Freedom of choice is an America right, one of the pillars of our nation.  There must be some limits on that freedom, however.  Your freedom of choice can not take away another person’s freedom of choice.  Obviously, you can’t have the freedom to kill whomever you want because that takes Source: State Tells Christian Filmmakers: Make Same-Sex Marriage Films or Spend 90 Days in Jail : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan

This past July I wrote about the plight of pastor Andrew Brunson who had been unjustly imprisoned in Turkey since October of 2016.  Brunson was jailed after being scooped up in a crackdown of Turkish President Erdogan’s political opponents in the wake of an attempted coup.  He lost fifty pounds Source: Pastor Freed From Turkish Prison and Returns to U.S.After Trump Intervenes : A Well Thought Out Scream by James Riordan