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A Public Education: Adolescent Murderers and Christian Witness

Childhood is a gift, but it is not a given experience for everyone. Unlike the inherent qualities of youth and vulnerability, childhood, understood as...

Every Idol Demands Human Sacrifice

By Clint Wilson These past few years of American cultural life have provided the preconditions for what could become what the Romans called a bellum...

Exorcizing Our Gun Demons: Insights from Shane Claiborne and William Stringfellow

Let’s chop up a gun,” Shane Claiborne said. "You might want to step back a little.” The Simple Way community founder and activist donned a...

Schools Leaders Focus on Keeping Students Safe

Mass shooting events take an enormous emotional toll on both the adults and the students in all schools

Sharing Burdens, Building a Wall

Churches in an inner city and an affluent suburb join forces in New Jersey.

Cathedral Gunman Reminds Priest of Earlier Shooting

A shooting death 12 years ago was revisited 12 years ago after the December 20 shooting at St. John the Divine.

ETHICS: Guns and the American Story

Guns have captured the American imagination and have been part of our DNA since the founding of our country.

Investing in Guns as a Path to Advocacy

The church intends to offer resolutions supporting reforms such as universal background checks, limits on the size of magazines and fingerprint verification for purchasers.

‘We Hope for Peace, and We Work for Peace’

“Hope alone is not enough. If the cycle is to break, hope must be partnered with action.”

Face the Realities of Evil and Sin

Frederick Schmidt: “Any robust doctrine of sin and evil that arises out of the Jewish and Christian traditions acknowledges the presence of evil in the world.”

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