<font color='black' size='4' face='Times New Roman, Times, serif'>I <font size="4">too am in the dark, Bob, on what to preach about on this.<br>
<font size="4">O<font size="4">ne of our members <font size="4">k<font size="4">n<font size="4">o</font>ws two <font size="4">families ther<font size="4">e who had no fatalities.<br>
<font size="4">So <font size="4">it is that close.<br>
<font size="4">And I once work<font size="4">ed for a church about 20 mile<font size="4">s away in C<font size="4">o<font size="4">nnecticu<font size="4">t</font></font></font>.<br>
<font size="4">I now live only about 60 m<font size="4">iles from Newtown. <br>
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</font></font>I think about gun<font size="4"> viol<font size="4">ence, divorce, child<font size="4">ren<font size="4">, parents, teachers.<br>
<font size="4">Th<font size="4">e CT story is <font size="4">now the number one news item in ma<font size="4">inland </font>China.<br>
<font size="4">M<font size="4">y friends in England knew the name of the school before I did.<br>
<font size="4">Surely so<font size="4">m<font size="4">e<font size="4">one will ask, where w<font size="4">as God in all this.<br>
<font size="4">I ten<font size="4">d to say that the devil is actually the world's governor.<br>
<font size="4">Tha<font size="4">t's from Revelation, I believe.<br>
<font size="4">Then the question, where was their guardian angel when they needed <font size="4">it</font>?</font><br>
<font size="4">The web site of Trinity Episcopal Ch<font size="4">urch there shows a peace parade.<br>
<font size="4">But <font size="4">of cour<font size="4">se what we want and <font size="4">what exists a<font size="4">re unfortunately different.</font></font></font></font></font><br>
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<div> In the kingdom of God, chil<font size="4">dren are supposed to <font size="4">turn towards pa<font size="4">ren<font size="4">ts.<br>
<font size="4">But the kingdom is still a<font size="4">rriving.<br>
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<font size="4">The number of deaths were a<font size="4">pproximately twice that o<font size="4">f Columbine.<br>
<font size="4">So the excalation se<font size="4">ems something that<font size="4"> needs a solution.<br>
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<font size="4">In Elizabeth, NJ, where <font size="4">my church is, metal detectors are <font size="4">at</font> schools, and have been for <font size="4">over</font> a decade. <font size="4">A</font> younger<font size="4"> brother of one of our S<font size="4">unday School girls years ago said h<font size="4">i<font size="4">s</font></font> 14 year old sister carr<font size="4">ied a gun to school. She was a very quiet a<font size="4">nd ni<font size="4">ce gir<font size="4">l<font size="4"><font size="4"> who</font> attended <font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">regularly. </font></font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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<font size="4">The crackdown <font size="4">on guns here has led<font size="4"> </font>gangs to have only one gun each.<br>
<font size="4">They pass it around; apparently without a gun <font size="4">they</font> can't be a gang.<br>
<font size="4">But Ada<font size="4">m <font size="4">seeming<font size="4">ly was a loner.<br>
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<font size="4"><font size="4"><font size="4">Newark collected <font size="4">hundreds of guns when they<font size="4"> offered about $200 each.<br>
<font size="4">Now New York is doing that.<br>
<font size="4">How<font size="4">ever, I haven't heard of any suburbs with a gun buy back pr<font size="4">ogram.<br>
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<div> Fear seems the number one motivator for having a gun.<br>
<font size="4">W<font size="4">hat <font size="4">happens when a<font size="4">n <font size="4">'unstable<font size="4"> <font size="4">p<font size="4">ers<font size="4">on' has access to one, or three?</font></font></font></font></font></font> </font></font></font><br>
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<font size="4">Peace and healing prayers for t<font size="4">h<font size="4">e people of Newtown, Connecticut</font></font>,<br>
<font size="4">Joe<br>
<font size="4">St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth, NJ</font><br>
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From: Robert Cook <kerygma5@yahoo.com><br>
To: PROPERTALK.topic <PROPERTALK.topic@ecunet.org><br>
Cc: Joe Parrish <JoeParrish@compuserve.com><br>
Sent: Fri, Dec 14, 2012 3:55 pm<br>
Subject: CT Tragedy<br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: garamond, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span>This would be a good time for us to share thoughts, reflections and information concerning the school shooting in Connecticut, with each other so as to prepare for Sunday services. I am at a great loss to know where to begin.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(96, 0, 191);"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; ">“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” </span><br style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; "> </span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" __removedlink__110345889__href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20105.Joseph_Campbell" style="text-decoration: none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; font-family: georgia, serif; ">Joseph Campbell</a> </span><br>
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