As the news of the tragic shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, touches people all around the country, they are reaching out with support and prayers for this dear community. Certainly the staff here at The Mother Church are reaching out to comfort, uplift, strengthen, and help. We invite you to join with us in prayer.
Here are a few resources for prayer and comfort.
The Christian Science Monitor has articles to help us understand better what happened and what can be done to help. "When tragedy strikes: a prayerful response to the shootings in Connecticut" by Judith Hardy Olson, a spiritual perspective in the Monitor.
JSH (Journal, Sentinel, Herald) Online has posted the following: "Addressing tragedies and 'sudden endings'" by Kim C. Korinek in the December 31, 2012 Sentinel,"The high goal: obliterating death" by Abraham McLaughlin in the December 31, 2012 Sentinel,"Innocence rules in school" by Fay Coulouris in the December 31, 2012 Sentinel,"Defending children" by the Editors in the December 31, 2012 Sentinel,"From Gloom to Glory" by Nathan Talbot in the online Journal,"Eye on the World: Responding to the Connecticut shootings" by Sentinel staff, a Sentinel blog,"Dawn follows the darkest hour" by Marian English, an article written after a similar tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. time4thinkers has set up a prayer watch and invites your comments and prayers.
“O longing hearts that wait on God
Through all the world so wide;
He knows the angels that you need,
And sends them to your side,
To comfort, guard and guide.
O wake and hear the angel-song
That bids all discord cease,
From pain and sorrow, doubt and fear,
It brings us sweet release;
And so our hearts find peace” (Violet Hay, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 9).
