by James L. Evans | 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...
by Jeanie Miley | Apr 24, 2007 | Opinion
Reeling from the shock of another senseless act of violence, we search for “reasons” to comfort ourselves. We seem to feel safer if we can find someone or something to blame. People blame the legal system, gun dealers, the media, psychiatrists and school...
by Bob Allen | Apr 23, 2007 | News
A Southern Baptist seminary president said lives could have been saved last week at Virginia Tech if six or eight students had risked their lives to rush and subdue gunman Seung-Hui Cho. “Somebody just came a moment ago and said let’s pray for those at the...
by Amy Butler | Apr 20, 2007 | Opinion
Just add this one to the topics I must have missed in seminary: “horrible human disasters and how to deal with them.” Recent events at Virginia Tech have certainly affected the Calvary congregation. Specifically, three families in our church have members...
by Michael Westmoreland-White | Apr 20, 2007 | Opinion
By now everyone knows about the tragedy at Virginia Technical University in Blacksburg, Va., where, on Monday, a student shot 32 people before killing himself. I have not immediately blogged on this because I wanted to digest it. Although the United States seems...