To Solve Gun Violence, We Must Love Our Way Forward

by | Feb 16, 2018 | Opinion

I will never forget the image of two mothers, one with ashes on her forward, weeping with one another. The photo was taken by Joel Auerbach of the Associated Press on Feb. 14, Ash Wednesday, after a mass shooting event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in...

In Violence We Trust

by | May 7, 2007 | Opinion

The tragic shooting at Virginia Tech has left us numb. It is difficult to understand how such a horrific event could take place with no apparent meaning behind it. It does not appear that Seung-Hui Cho had any personal grudge against the students he killed. His act...

Murder in a One-Room School House

by | Oct 5, 2006 | Opinion

Nothing captures America’s sense of longing for a simpler time quite like the idea of a one-room school house. That is at least part of the reason why the horror that took place this past week at an Amish school in Pennsylvania was so devastating. The murder of...

Baptist Children Killed in Russian School Massacre

by | Sep 8, 2004 | News

Baptist families are among the thousands grieving in Beslan, Russia, site of last week’s school massacre. According to news reports, many people in Russia had never heard of the peaceful industrial city in south Russia before armed militants seized Middle School...