What is there to say?
President Obama says we have become numb to mass shootings, that it has become routine.
I think he's right. No one is talking about. I have had exactly one conversation about the shootings in Oregon, with my son. There is no real horror, it's barely on the edges of awareness.
People, really this is war. A spiritual war. A battle against apathy and indifference. And a battle against violence itself.
We need to pray. We need to teach our children non-violent solutions. We need to fix the mental health system. We need to watch out for our neighbors. We need to stand up to rampaging gunmen. And, yes, we need to do something about guns.
We need to talk. We need to have real conversation about this in our homes, our churches, our communities.
There is no one answer. No one possible path. Our first solutions may not work, but it's easier to adjust the course of a moving ship than to get one off the dock in the first place.
So let's get to work.
I am going to have two conversations this week with different people about this topic. Don't know with who or how they will go, but that's my commitment.
I also challenge every church to pray about this situation at worship tomorrow.
Let's get something done. Even if it's just a baby step.
What's your commitment?
Post #2 for the October 2015 Ultimate Blog Challenge.
President Obama says we have become numb to mass shootings, that it has become routine.
I think he's right. No one is talking about. I have had exactly one conversation about the shootings in Oregon, with my son. There is no real horror, it's barely on the edges of awareness.
People, really this is war. A spiritual war. A battle against apathy and indifference. And a battle against violence itself.
We need to pray. We need to teach our children non-violent solutions. We need to fix the mental health system. We need to watch out for our neighbors. We need to stand up to rampaging gunmen. And, yes, we need to do something about guns.
We need to talk. We need to have real conversation about this in our homes, our churches, our communities.
There is no one answer. No one possible path. Our first solutions may not work, but it's easier to adjust the course of a moving ship than to get one off the dock in the first place.
So let's get to work.
I am going to have two conversations this week with different people about this topic. Don't know with who or how they will go, but that's my commitment.
I also challenge every church to pray about this situation at worship tomorrow.
Let's get something done. Even if it's just a baby step.
What's your commitment?
Post #2 for the October 2015 Ultimate Blog Challenge.
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