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On Wednesday, March 14, one month after 17 students were killed in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, many of their peers across the country participated in a National School Walkout.Surely for some students it was a way to get a brief respite from schoolwork, ...

What has God called you to?

There are typically two extremes that Christians unduly imagine when we pontificate over what has God called us to. One of them is we fearfully contemplate that if we say, “Here I am Lord,” that God will send us to some horror show half-way around the world and we’ll live lives of abject ...

Forgiving God

What happens to many people when a tragedy occurs that affects them personally? They and others may ask a sincere but misguided question like, “Why didn’t God do something?” What they are saying is, why didn’t God do something to stop what happened?If there is a God, then why doesn’t ...

An open letter to students

Dear students,Since the Feb. 14 shooting that killed 17 of your contemporaries, some students have responded in the most disappointing way.While your peers in Florida lobbied lawmakers, trying to make a change, some students have chosen to capitalize on this tragedy by writing fake threats in ...

FBI culture must be addressed

Could the recent mass murder of 17 people, most of them children, at a Florida high school have been prevented?We will never know with certainty.What we do know is that someone in the FBI was tipped off months ago that someone named Nikolas Cruz had threatened to “be a professional school ...

A call to action

ItĢƵ difficult to organize thoughts beyond the heartbreaking acknowledgment that an extraordinary tragedy occurred on Feb. 14 in Florida.Seventeen people will be buried and many others were injured when an 19-year-old allegedly pulled a fire alarm and shot at students as they exited ...