Sometimes when our plans fail, we want to shake our hands in God’s face and say, “Hey! What in the world are you doing? Why in the world are you allowing this to happen to me?”

I was only a child in the early 1950s and not even remotely Christian. But now I can imagine Christian churches around the world questioning why God would allow Communism to sweep into control across China. Churches and church institutions were systematically confiscated and the government took over the “business” of religion.

As it has circled the globe, protestors have chased the Olympic flame as it traveled to Beijing. That China has been involved in human rights abuses and untoward activities in Tibet is a fact, and a boycott of the Olympics would certainly send a signal to the authorities that the world is paying attention.