Cenacle Journal
Posted in Turned Toward God, Violence on Sep 9th, 2005
One outcome of my visit to the ex-Christian web site (see “Being Scorned,” in the “Darkness” category) has been an e-mail dialogue with two of its habitués. “D” is a young man who sends short messages written in abbreviations and capital letters. (I have refrained from pointing out to him that, in e-mail etiquette, caps [...]
When I reflect on our continuing wars, when I read of violence in Africa, the Middle East, or our own cities, when I choke on the latest political scandal, I am reminded of something Abraham Heschel wrote in The Prophets: What is history? Wars, victories, and wars. . . So many fears . . . [...]
In my youth, living alone in an apartment in Atlanta, I decided I needed a gun for protection. An older relative who had gone off to World War II at the age of 18 cautioned me — not, as I might have expected, about gun safety or the possibility that some nefarious person might shoot [...]
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