Pray for Arapahoe High School and Centennial, CO
As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting, we are faced with yet another act of schoolhouse violence.
Today, the community of Centennial, Colorado, was the victim of a senseless shooting at Arapahoe High School which resulted in at least one death—that of the shooter. Two other injured students have also been transported to local hospitals.
Like many of you, I am thankful for the quick actions of law enforcement and that no other lives were taken.
But yet another community has been affected by a school shooting. This has sadly become an all-too-familiar occurence in schools across our nation. This could have happened in any town in America. It could have been your town. It could have been mine.
So how do we as Christians respond to these senseless acts of violence? I gave these three steps last December in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting. They still apply today. Keep reading
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Photo: Denver Post
Let us not just pray for the people of this community as important as praying for them is but also for all communities experiencing violence in one form or another. Central African Republic, Egypt, Iraq, Nigeria, and Syria come immediately to mind. Let us not forget the United Kingdom where children and teenagers are in increasing numbers committing acts of physical and sexual violence against their peers.
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