What Bethlehem and Newtown have in common
Last updated 12/27/2012 at Noon
“Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.’”
When I first heard the news of the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, I experienced the emotions of shock, sadness and grief for the innocent lives lost and the families forever broken. Added to the horrific event is that it happened during the Christmas season, a special time in our culture for children.
It reminds me of that part of the Christ...
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