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The Urgency of Today’s Holy Innocents

December 28, 2022 By Scott Robinson 2 Comments

We read in the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee (erroneously referred to in the gospels as “King Herod”), fearing for his throne, ordered the deaths all the male children in the Bethlehem area under the age of two.

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Filed Under: Liturgical Year Tagged With: gun violence, Holy Innocents, racial justice, racism

What we know to do

December 16, 2022 By Christian Simmers Leave a Comment

“Why do you always do the work in the kitchen at church? Why not Dad?”

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Filed Under: Parenting, Spiritual Practices Tagged With: Advent, church, cooking, gun violence

I’m just glad he’s not gay.

December 2, 2022 By Scott Robinson Leave a Comment

And all day I have listened to partisan commentators insist that their own hateful and inflammatory rhetoric against the LGBTQIA+ community cannot be blamed for this incident, because the shooter is “one of their own.” Hypocrites! Viper’s brood!

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Filed Under: Discipleship Tagged With: gun violence, hate, love

It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Worse

October 14, 2022 By Scott Robinson 2 Comments

I don’t know what to ask of God that will make all this better.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: gun violence, hymns, Prayer

Help My Unbelief

September 30, 2022 By Laura Shaver 6 Comments

Since the horrific day in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, life has seemed harder. I have had quite the struggle leaning into my faith — not to understand what took place, but to gain a hold of the hope that typically defines my heart.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: doubt, gun violence, parenting, resurrection

Countering Violence with Love

June 3, 2019 By Kedron Nicholson 2 Comments

My children were not born knowing about guns.

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Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: gun violence, guns, love, parenting, Way of Love, young children

Consciously Alert

April 1, 2019 By Allison Sandlin Liles 1 Comment

At the ripe ages of ten and seven-and-a-half, my kids now understand that their clergy parents will grant them unlimited screen time on Sunday afternoons in exchange for remaining quiet enough for us to nap.

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Filed Under: Prayer Tagged With: gun violence, interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Prayer, vigil

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