--- description: The Rev. Dr. Rodriguez is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and author of Be Light. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Samuel Rodriguez ## Samuel Rodriguez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _The Rev. Dr. Rodriguez is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and author of_ [Be Light](https://www.amazon.com/Be-Light-Shining-Beauty-Darkened/dp/1601428162/ref=tmm%5Fhrd%5Fswatch%5F0?%5Fencoding=UTF8&qid=1458233016&sr=1-1)_._ ## Samuel Rodriguez Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jul 22, 2016 ### [Dear Mr. Trump: A Bridge Is Safer Than The Wall](https://time.com/4419190/donald-trump-wall-hispanic-vote/) The Republican nominee's call for division endangers the nation [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 11, 2016 ### [Americans Need a New Song in Our Hearts](https://time.com/4401577/sermon-new-song-america/) Amid America's many trials, we must change how we think and act [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 5, 2014 ### [Botched Oklahoma Execution Should Prompt Moral Outcry Among Evangelicals](https://time.com/88333/botched-oklahoma-execution-should-prompt-moral-outcry-among-evangelicals/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/samuel-rodriguez/","name":"Samuel Rodriguez"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/samuel-rodriguez/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/samuel-rodriguez/"},"name":"Samuel Rodriguez","jobTitle":null,"description":"The Rev. Dr. Rodriguez is president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and author of Be Light.","url":"https://time.com/author/samuel-rodriguez/","sameAs":["https://x.com/nhclc"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```