Tag: school shootings

• Some Words About Gun Violence

  I’ve waited, using the time to think, before writing about gun violence. Again. I am not so arrogant as to think my words could change anything, nor do I wish to persuade anyone of my positions. I even hesitate to write at all. I waffle from anger, to cynicism, to hope and then at some […]

  Jamie Greening

  February 19, 2018

  All, Culture

  Gun Control, Guns, Parkland, school shootings, tyranny

• A PRAYER FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

  

  Its the first day of school around here. Prayer seems in order.

  Jamie Greening

  August 22, 2016

  All, Culture

  #backtoschool, a prayer for school, bullying, first day of school, prayer, school, school boards, school prayer, school shootings, teachers, trigger warnings, universities

• SOME THOUGHTS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS

  This is the kind of blog post that usually gets me in trouble.  Nevertheless, I’ve been thinking about this for a while.  It is bothering me. We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while–Guy Montag in Fahrenheit 451. I’ve been contemplating the tragedy of school shootings.  […]

  Jamie Greening

  June 23, 2014

  All, Culture, politics

  2nd Amendment, Dodge City, failed worldview, gun conrol, gun laws, gun violence, Life, mass shootings, President Obama, school shootings

• MASSACRE IN CONNECTICUT–WHAT I TOLD OUR CHURCH

  Yesterday was the third Sunday of Advent, a day when we celebrate the joy of the coming of Christ.  It is the Sunday of the pink candle. Yet, it was heavy on my heart that I should say something about the terrible, horrible, incomprehensible massacre that took place to 1st grade children and school workers […]

  Jamie Greening

  December 17, 2012

  Church, Culture

  children, church, Connecticut, God, news, Newtown, school shootings, theodicy