And now for something lighter: “How will U.S. policy affect Middle East’s Christians in 2017?”

Last updated on: January 11, 2017 at 9:59 pm by Dan Peterson

A large Syrian church — The Antiochian Greek Orthodox Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, in Hama, Syria (Wikimedia Commons public domain)

I’m taking a brief break now from the scandal of lavish General Authority stipends.

Instead, I’m posting a link to an article about a subject that, admittedly, pales into insignificance compared with that epochal horror. And it scarcely compares with the previous crisis: the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s decision to sing at the upcoming presidential election.

Please pardon my frivolity. I just thought we needed something less heavy, more whimsical:

https://cruxnow.com/cns/2017/01/08/will-u-s-policy-affect-middle-easts-christians-2017/