dlmCommentary

The big issue of the day in Southern California is what they're calling "immigration reform." But there's much insight in the different use of words, as usual. If your on one of the extreme sides of this issue, it's a matter of "welcoming undocumented workers" in the name of compassion. If you're on the other side, its a matter of "defending our borders" in the name of the rule of law.

It is the appropriate role of the Christian Church to fulfill the former. It is the appropriate role of government to do the latter.

SO MUCH trouble is caused by those who want either entity to do the work of the other. As always, wisdom and goodness must embrace an entire spectrum and allow itself to be uncomfortable with the sense of tension.