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The Massacre of the Innocents
Post first published at Lutheran Moxie. One of my favorite carols, for sheer beauty of sound, is the Coventry Carol. But you don’t often hear it on the radio this time of year. Not too surprising, I... Read More
Calling For Grace In Such Senseless Tragedy
It’s very hard to comprehend human nature when something so traumatic happens. We can throw a bunch of theories as to why some of us do the things we do, but the faculties of our reason just get... Read More
A Baha’i Prayer for Divine Assistance
Dispel my grief by Thy bounty and Thy generosity, O God, my God, and banish mine anguish through Thy sovereignty and Thy might. Thou seest me, O my god, with my face set towards Thee at a time when so... Read More
Poetry and Healing in Times of Great Tragedy
Today is my birthday, but I won’t be celebrating this year. I woke up this morning not thinking about my 24 years of life, but about the 26 lost souls, and 20 of these victims who never got a chance... Read More
Are We Living In Hell? The Sandy Hook School Massacre and the Presence of God
If this is, as various Christians claim, a world in which the reign of the divine is both now and not yet, and the presence and purpose of God is somehow “realized” here and now, then ought we no... Read More
Dear Newtown, and the World: A Prayer for Peace
As we struggle to grasp the reality of the unthinkable violence today in Newtown, CT, may we, along with whatever feelings may come, feel our hearts overflowing with love, filling our bodies and mind... Read More
A Time to Dance: Reflections on the Connecticut School Shooting
As a Marine recruit in basic training, we were ingrained with a sense of pride; we would become the latest generation of warriors known for being, as the Marine Corps Hymn states, “the first to ... Read More
How Great the Darkness: A Prayer for Newtown
Oh God, how can we ever understand? This is evil wildly beyond comprehension. Are you the one allowing this? Could you have stopped it? Could we have? God, who I believe to be Merciful, who I hope to ... Read More
The Tragedy in Newtown
A simple prayer that has been on my heart: May God grant peace to the victims of the shooting in Newtown today. May God grant justice to those who were granted none in Newtown today. May God give us s... Read More