A gunman opened fire on the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas yesterday morning. According to the Dallas Police Department, the heavily armed, masked suspect was shot in an “exchange of gunfire” with federal officers.
He was reportedly taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Authorities identified the suspect as twenty-two-year-old Brian Isaack Clyde. A bomb squad also examined his vehicle, later detonating a device in a controlled explosion.
As of this morning, federal authorities leading the investigation have not offered a motive for the shooting.
“They can’t take what’s hidden in your heart”
The bad news is that another shooting occurred in a public space. The good news is that the shooter harmed no one.
We can carry this bipolar theme into nearly any story in today’s news.
For example, Wayne Cordeiro, a well-known Hawaiian pastor, met recently with twenty-two Christian leaders in China. Eighteen had been imprisoned. They told him that Christians headed for prison smuggle in pieces of paper with portions of Scripture on them which they memorize.
“Even though they can take the paper away, they can’t take what’s hidden in your heart,” one told Cordeiro.
We should grieve with and intercede for our sisters and brothers suffering such horrific persecution. But we can rejoice in their faith and choose to emulate their courage.
The death of Gloria Vanderbilt
On the other side of the news, Gloria Vanderbilt died yesterday at the age of ninety-five.
She was the great-great-granddaughter of famous financier Cornelius Vanderbilt and the mother of CNN newsman Anderson Cooper. Hers was a story of remarkable fame and financial means.
However, her father was a gambler and an alcoholic dying of liver disease when he married her mother. Gloria was one year old when he died.
She was married four times and divorced three times. She witnessed…
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