About the new 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Play

When I saw this 60 Minutes report on the new To Kill a Mockingbird play, I couldn't help thinking, "Why didn't Aaron Sorkin write a completely new work to address the issues of race and justice in a modern context, as he says is his purpose?"

I've loved Sorkin's and Jeff Daniels' work through the years, but truly if they want to turn Atticus Finch into a clueless, post-modern anti-hero, they're not really doing To Kill a Mockingbird.

This production seems like little more than the exploitation of an established work of art to me. I wish that Lee's estate had not to have settled on their case against it.

(Plus: Daniels, two years younger than me, is too old for the part of Atticus. He's 63.)

A time for prayer

Posted this yesterday over on Facebook:

Praying God's comfort for the families of the fallen Dallas police officers.  

Praying also for the families of the fallen African American men in Louisiana and Minnesota.  

Praying that God will, through Jesus Christ, give insight to our nation so that we may live in peace and have justice.  

I pray for law-enforcement personnel, who have a difficult and important job.  

I pray for those who seek equal justice under the law.  

I pray that the culture of violence will be conquered by the God revealed in Jesus Christ.  

God, "teach us how to love each other, lift us to the joy divine."