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Few have experienced terror in school, but the numbers are growing.
Where is God when an angry person shows up at school with a gun? How could God allow these ugly school shootings? Where is God when we hurt? The human mind clamors for answers. Our country was shocked when violent death struck in a rural Amish schoolhouse in Pennsylvania. Even there? The response of the Amish was the next surprise, and the nation talked about it for a long time. Courageous, deliberate, unsolicited forgiveness–some seemed surprised that such a thing exists. While many were vaguely familiar with the culture of the Plain People (as they are often called), few thought much about their way of life. But after bullets buffeted one community of Plain People, the country listened and tried to watch (the government very graciously assisted in assuring that the Amish were unbothered by media cameras) while grieving families forgave. |
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