Thoughts on a Violent Ellipses
Last week was a week of pain and suffering – another unspeakable horror that we are forced to talk about. The intentional murder of the most innocent of God’s people – children. On Tuesday, May 24, an 18-year-old gunman shot his grandmother in the face and then, allegedly in a Facebook chat, said he was going to target an elementary school. He then made his way to Robb Elementary School where he seemingly entered the school with little to no resistance and then entered a classroom where he executed 19 elementary school children and the 2 teachers who were trying to protect them. Eventually he was killed by police. In the wake of this tragedy, a tragedy that is, unfortunately, all too familiar in our country, folks immediately went to their corners and began the condemnation, denial, deflection, indignation, and self-aggrandizing game that we have perfected in the United States. It is a game of perpetual stalemate where nobody gains or loses ground as they hatefully stare at each ...