Guest Voices: guns


Posted at 11:22 AM ET, 12/24/2012

Twenty new little stars: Christmas and the vulnerability of children
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
God’s vulnerability reveals what we need to know when tragedy strikes: you are not alone, says theologian.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  11:22 AM ET, 12/24/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  President Obama; gun; guns; gun control; gun control; massacre; Newton; Connecticut; shoot; shooting; shootings; shooter; Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite; Sandy Hook Elementary School; politics; christmas; Jesus

Posted at 02:46 PM ET, 12/17/2012

Obama gives voice to the new national determination on gun control
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Many are calling out the immorality of lax gun laws and what that says about the nation, says theologian.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  02:46 PM ET, 12/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  God; gun; guns; gun control; gun control; massacre; Newton, Conn.; shoot; shooting; shootings; shooter; Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite

Posted at 01:55 PM ET, 12/17/2012

Quit using ‘loss’ when referring to death
By Sue Wintz
For parents, “it can be a slap in the face” says a chaplain whose daughter died in 2003.

By Sue Wintz  |  01:55 PM ET, 12/17/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  gun; guns; gun control; gun control; massacre; Newton; Connecticut; shoot; shooting; shootings; shooter; Sue Wintz; chaplain

Posted at 03:40 PM ET, 03/29/2012

‘Assassin’s Creed III’: Is this ‘America the beautiful’?
By Martha Woodroof
Does anyone out there really think that God showers grace upon a nation that finds bloody violence entertaining?

By Martha Woodroof  |  03:40 PM ET, 03/29/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  guns, religion, violence