Monday, May 2, 2011

Flesh and Blood

(NOTE: I began writing this around midnight last night, but only finished it this afternoon.)

As I write this, it has just been announced that Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks, is dead. One of the first things that entered my mind upon hearing this news is the words of Martin Luther’s “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”: