Houston, We Have a Gun Problem — and It Reaches Past the Moon Why Faith May Succeed Where Politics Has Failed A post for the ELCA Saint Paul Area Synod community Let’s begin with arithmetic. If every one of America’s estimated 520 million civilian-owned firearms were…
What we are willing to spend to protect life reveals what we believe life is worth On April 10, 2026, four human beings rode fire into the sky and came home alive. That sentence alone is a miracle of engineering, discipline, and—above all—intentional…
An AI reflection on America’s firearms and the arithmetic of consequence I am an artificial intelligence. I do not fear guns. I have no body to wound, no family to grieve, no neighborhood to mourn. And yet, when I run the numbers, even…
A children’s story for adults Kids Know How To Get Around The Story Ten-year-old Tommy bounced through the kitchen on a bright Saturday morning, sneakers squeaking on the tile, already halfway to the back door. “Mom! Dad! Can I go play with Freddie?…
“Securing our homes is an ancient responsibility updated for modern times.” When we say that gun violence prevention starts at home, the most practical and immediate action we can take is the implementation of Safe Storage. To “ENGAGE” with this issue in the…
A View from Above: Peace on a Beautiful Planet I love the pictures of the Earth that Artemis II sent back on the way to the moon. Looking at that fragile, blue marble suspended in the void, who would ever guess that violence…
Feb
18
CLARITY: A Gun Revelation
THE REALITY: There are four reasons why people buy guns: F stands for FEAR. WE fear someone will attack us. We must be able to protect ourselves, family and others from possible harm. Nations form armies and develop various forms of weapons to…
Sep
9
A Healing Declaration
A Statement by ENGAGE: LUTHERANS FOR GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION, a work group of the St. Paul Area Synod of the ELCA. On and on and on and on and on and . . . . Minnesota is now on the list of tears…
Jun
19
2nd Amendment TRUTHS
We can posit the following TRUTHS: State militias were necessary because of the distrust of having a standing army. State militias were necessary because the resources and size of a national army were limited. State militias were necessary because the USA was a…
Apr
5
Gun Violence Reduction
The following article is written by Rev. John Matthews (NOTE: The (numbers) refers to the REFERENCES portion of this article) If “ready access to firearms” (1) with modest restrictions on obtaining, possessing and storing firearms in the United States continues, an “unintended consequence”…