Tag: Ending Gun Violence
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Jerry Falwell Jr. Does Not Speak For This Christian
As a Christian pastor, I feel it necessary to denounce Falwell’s words. I always wondered why the church didn’t stand up to Nazism as Hitler was rising to power, but now I see how rhetoric creeps along, rising in temperature, until people fall sway to words that are so obviously corrupt. Perhaps we need to…
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God Bless Antoinette Tuff
In case you missed the story of Antoinette Tuff, Here it is from NPR. A 20-year old man, armed with assault weapons, entered a school building full of children. He encountered Antoinette Tuff, who was the school clerk. She called 911, and then she handled the situation, but in a most unusual way. She talked…
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A Litany to End Gun Violence
I knew it was going to be a special worship service when I heard the Introit, a stunning rendition of?I Ain’t Gonna Study War No More (by our bass soloist, Bob McDonald). Last Sunday we had a guest preacher at Western Presbyterian, the Rev. Jim Atwood, who is passionate about the cause of ending gun…
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One Voice from the “March for Gun Control” January 26, 2013
I carried a placard with the name of a dead child. At the end of the day, I could put the placard down. I can forget that name. It is not my child. Or is it?
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Mental Illness — Ingrown Toenail vs. Gangrene?
After the school shooting in Newtown, CT, there is much talk about mental illness. It’s an important topic, and one our nation needs to address, both through dialogue, and through regulation. I’d like to state two assumptions — then raise the issue of language. Assumption #1) Most people do NOT have adequate access to mental…