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apparantly more work needs to be done…

Originally posted on Held In The Light:
On Friday morning, a gunman entered an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, shooting and killing six adults and twenty children before killing himself. This incomprehensible act has caused enormous mourning and outrage. So many of us have been feeling grief and also numbness, bewilderment and anger. Our thoughts…

Originally posted on Salvation and Social Justice:
How do we explain the situation in Newtown to our parishioners? This senseless murder is indeed a challenge to the faith. Christianity teaches that out of death comes life, misery-joy, darkness-light and void-purpose. The most challenging but glorious part of our faith is the horror of the cross…

Originally posted on Where the Tide Ebbs and Flows:
Alternately: – Circle of Prejudice – Circle of Segregation – Circle of Unfortunate Events

Originally posted on Something About Words…:
SOCIAL JUSTICE: equality for everyone in society sometimes social justice is hard to find. yeah we can talk about all the solutions and what everything should be like, but how do we actually get those words into actions. Bryon Stevenson talked about the the blacks and how their stereotype…

Originally posted on Ave Valencia:
Adriana was 29-going-on-30 when we met. As usual, it was raining in our little Mexican city. My husband and I went to our church and offered a couple friends a ride home. It was only half an hour out of the way but little did we know that in that…