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Reflections by Kathy Robison following the shootings at Virginia Tech
As I sit to write this essay, I am hopeful of my ability to write it in a way that honors everyone that reads it and the feelings they currently hold. My intent is to compel your heart to look for, acknowledge, or at least remotely consider that there may be a lesson for us in these seemingly senseless acts of violence (West Virginia, Amish School House, 9/11, Columbine). I believe there is a huge lesson and the sooner we can learn from it, the sooner these types of tragedies can cede. Continue Reading →
Reprinted below is an article that appeared in the telegraph (of a highly respected newspaper in the UK) about the discovery of letters, previously unpublished, written by Mother Teresa, describing her own, considerable crisis of faith. Time (magazine) ran a similar article and included in their version additional observations from a constant critic of Mother Teresa and a confirmed atheist. Continue Reading →

Comments by Bill Cumming
Before you buy or go to the library and borrow this book (and I suggest you do so as soon as possible), or read the rest of this article, I recommend you prepare yourself for a straight forward, devastating, nauseating, brutal picture of war. Of the fifty conflicts that rage in the world today, as you read these words, it is estimated that there are 300,000 (three hundred thousand) child soldiers. At thirteen, fourteen at most, this was the life of Ishmael Beah: Continue Reading →

