Today, we experienced yet another school shooting – this time, in Santa Fe, TX.
Honestly … what to say that hasn’t already been said? Today, we’ve added 9 students and 1 teacher to the growing numbers of those killed in school shootings.
My heart hurts for the children who saw classmates shot and killed in Santa Fe, TX. For parents, for neighbors, for first responders. We have to think and pray … definitely. What we can’t be is complacent because complacency is complicity.
This may not happen in our community, but it could. This is very close to where my good friend grew up and not far from where I did. Many of us don’t know these families, but these children are our children because what affects one affects all of us (e pluribus unum).
Can we please not divide into political camps, entrench ourselves, and point fingers?
Can we please have meaningful and difficult conversations in which we listen to each other?
Can we PLEASE move the conversation from political posturing toward meaningful action?
Or have we lost hope of a future where the current trajectory of increasing violence is reversed so our children and teachers can go to school to learn?
How long, O Lord, will we wrangle with one another, dance around the issues and flirt with action?
Epicurious Lutheran 