After more than 70 years on the throne of England, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, only hours after the public announcement that doctors were concerned about her decline in health. The following article, written before the Queen's death in response to her Platinum Jubilee, serves as a poignant reminder of what we can learn from her lifelong example of service through years of turbulent change.

The global drug crisis, powered with new intensity by synthetic opioids, is ravaging our world, and the toll in deaths and shattered lives continues to rise. Efforts to stop it are floundering—and often making things worse. As governments fail in their efforts to halt the unfolding tragedy, what does our Creator offer that can make a difference?

Has society really progressed? Or, as our collective moral compass goes haywire, is tolerance for sin the only thing that has grown?