Dalai Lama receives Congressional Medal
The Dalai Lama said, “I believe that this award sends a powerful message to those individuals who are dedicated to promoting peace.”
The Dalai Lama said, “I believe that this award sends a powerful message to those individuals who are dedicated to promoting peace.”
As Christians in this day and age, we want to focus on a God who is loving and benevolent. We want a feel-good experience of church. And I agree that is important – but not in isolation and not in a way that fails to acknowledge the very real fact that evil exists and that we are frequently co-opted by it.
Our tradition has always been that the author of the third gospel and Acts is “Luke, the beloved physician.” This title comes, however, from a letter written by one of Paul’s disciples to the Colossians (Col. 4:14). The tradition is appropriate and—though we can never prove it—it may even be true.