Re: school shootings and our children's safety

Hello friends,

What I have done here is to collect some powerful tools for dealing with the chaos that would try to overtake us with the reports of recent school shootings. Consistent, confident prayer that affirms God's omnipotent love breaks the mesmerism this mindless hatred would try to spread. I hope you find some practical inspiration here.

Blogs from healers - spiritual ideas as tools for peace, comfort and reform

• Can we forgive? AND
• A spiritual response to bullying by Evan Mehlenbacher
• Safety at school - and everywhere else by Sarah Hyatt
• Prayer for safety in our schools by Stephanie Johnson
• Old hurts by Laura Matthews

Ideas on praying about school violence and attacks on youth

• spirituality.com ( type in word to search)
• spiritualityandpractice.com (type in word to search)
• Overcoming violence from the World Council of Churches
• Forgiveness - religious and spiritual views from Wikipedia (includes this quote from Dag Hammarskjöld “Forgiveness is the answer to the child's dream of a miracle by which what is broken is made whole again, what is soiled is again made clean.” )

An analysis of violence:

• from The Christian Science Monitor "A pattern in rural school shootings: girls as targets"
  Monday's deadly shooting in Nickel Mines, Pa., was the fourth such incident in five weeks. By Gail Russell Chaddock and Mark Clayton
• from US Harris Poll on Domestic Violence

Peaceful schools, children who are safe and supported and the lessening of violence are possible. I draw some comfort from the wisdom of the Bible:

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds." --II Corinthians

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." --Romans

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