Virginia Tech prayers - compiled articles and resources

Spiritual resource to share: courage to love one another


A basketball arena was turned into a place of prayer and healing for the Virginia Tech community Tuesday afternoon.


I am adding up the posts and comments and sites dedicated to bringing comfort and meaning to the tragedy at Virginia Tech.

There are many. To me, this is the tangible presence of love - expressed in a myriad of ways. It is calling out the best in human nature, and the best is flooding out in waves.

Out of necessity, out of what seems normal, I just feel that call to be emboldened to love one another - having the courage to go out of the way to do something kind. I want to live up to that call.

Here is a small sampling of the posts and comments that are pouring out that healing prayer.

• Teach me how to listen by Laura Matthews
• A healing of grief and Impenetrable innocence by Chris Raymond
• What can I do? by Travis Thomas
• Adding my prayers for those at Virginia Tech by Elizabeth Richards
• (podcast) Digging deeper by Shirley Paulson
• Virginia Tech aftermath by Evan Mehlenbacher
• Virginia Tech and the man who understood love by Sandi Justad
• Responding to the Tragedy at Virginia Tech by Colin Treworgy
• "So when day grows dark and cold...." by Kate Robertson
• "A light in the darkness" by Emily

And from various sites:

• spirituality.com: God's mothering love, even in the midst of tragedy by Jeremy Carper and a whole incredibly thorough lineup of articles, e-cards and podcasts on comfort, safety, spiritual aid, and issues needing to be addressed soberly and earnestly
• The Christian Science Monitor: After the Rampage and Facing up to Violence in America
• Beliefnet. com The spiritual parent: The Awful Truth about Letting Go by Mimi Doe
• TMCYouth.com: Praying for Virginia Tech -- add your own insight and prayer
  

From Planet Blacksburg - community news at a college level - is a student-run new media organization striving to provide content to the New River Valley and beyond.

• Read articles from the community. (Excerpt) “We can’t let one person destroy what goes on here every day, the caring, the thoughtfulness. We can’t let one person destroy that. Now we’re in this together,” he said, throwing his arms wide in one of his trademark gestures
• Share your own comments and prayer on "The Wall - a community in grief"

Both photos taken from http://www.planetblacksburg.com/

To share your thoughts on this or to explore this idea further, please feel free to be in contact with me, add your own comments below, email this article to a friend, or add to the healing finds and sites on the web to the right.