Tag: school shootings
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]