TALK-PRAYERS-ACTION. We need all three. The tragedy in Parkland is hopefully the final straw that ignites significant gun violence prevention action. David Miles Hogg, a senior at the high school, is eloquent in demanding action. His interviews with other students duringand following the…

ACTIONS FOR LIFE invites us to step up and do something for gun violence prevention (GVP). Amidst the tragic Parkland, Florida shooting, the 18th school shooting of 2018 and the 30th mass shooting of 2018, we must demonstrate that those committed to gun…

Jill Filipovic is an attorney and author. She wrote an article in TIME, 16 October 2017, titled “It’s Always Men”. She writes: “Of the 134 mass shooters who have preyed on Americans since 1966, three have been women, making mass shooting a 98%…

PSALM 91 is the Psalm for this time of the gun; “My refuge and my fortress; my God in whom I trust. For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence….You will not fear the terror…

“THE ESSENTIAL AMERICAN SOUL is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer.” says D. H. Lawrence. In light of the latest school shooting in Kentucky, one of 11 school shootings thus far in 2018, one of nearly 300 school shootings and an average of…

NONVIOLENCE AND GUNS. On this MLK, Jr. Day, it seems right to ask if his teachings about nonviolence have relevance for addressing gun violence. In his book, STRIDE TOWARDS FREEDOM (1958), King posits six principles of nonviolent resistance. (Note: my comments are in…

A LETHAL MIX is being brewed in the White House and nation’s capitol. It is a mix of Donnie Tweet’s twisted mental state, absence of compassion, ignorance of history, unabridged nationalism, twisted sense of justice, narcissisistic ego, racial animus, fetish for money, blind…

BAPTISED FOR REPENTANCE seems appropriate for 2018. To quote Rev. Nancy Nord Bence of Protect Minnesota: “…2017 was the most deadly year for gun violence in modern American history. According to Gun Violence Archives, since January 1, 2017, there have been 60,833 shooting…

JESUS: CHANGE AGENT is described in Luke 2:22-40. Simeon says to Mary, “This child is destined for the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed, so that the inner thoughts of many will be…

GUNS MAGNIFICAT! It has been a memorable week for gun violence prevention (GVP). An Interfaith remembrance of Sandy Hook and all killed by gun violence was coupled with advocacy training led by Rev. Nancy Nord Bence of Protect Minnesota. 85 people attended. The…