Comments on: Shooting the Girls http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/ Stories of extraordinary every-day women, stay-at-home moms (SAHMs), and adoptive parents. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: barbara http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-454 barbara Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:45:28 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-454 yup - I heard that, too, Meredith. A spokesperson for the community wowed someone from the Today show this morning with that information. "Why would you do that?" (paraphrased quotes, here) "Because of compassion" Would that we all acted that way toward those who hurt us. yup - I heard that, too, Meredith. A spokesperson for the community wowed someone from the Today show this morning with that information. “Why would you do that?” (paraphrased quotes, here) “Because of compassion” Would that we all acted that way toward those who hurt us.

]]> By: Meredith Efken http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-453 Meredith Efken Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:39:09 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-453 Thanks, friends. Did you hear? My husband came home from work today and said that he'd heard on the news or somewhere that the Amish community the girls were part of has decided to reach out to the shooter's family to help provide them with therapy or whatever other help they need. I'm just in awe of that sort of beauty and real expression of faith coming out of something so horrific. Thanks, friends. Did you hear? My husband came home from work today and said that he’d heard on the news or somewhere that the Amish community the girls were part of has decided to reach out to the shooter’s family to help provide them with therapy or whatever other help they need.

I’m just in awe of that sort of beauty and real expression of faith coming out of something so horrific.

]]> By: Vasthi http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-451 Vasthi Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:34:46 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-451 We have to continue to be outraged. Continue to be vigilant. Continue to raise our voices loud in protest. None of this is acceptable! We have to continue to be outraged. Continue to be vigilant. Continue to raise our voices loud in protest. None of this is acceptable!

]]> By: Amy http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-447 Amy Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:08:06 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-447 As a teacher, every incident like this breaks my heart even more than the last. School should be a safe place. We work so hard at our little school to teach our students to care for each other, to not hurt each other, to see each other as people with God-given dignity, each valuable and important. We've begun to learn how to teach them that, to see the signs of a student whose anger is boiling over, so we can stop them from hurting each other. But what do we do when the violence of the world is invading. Lock the doors and hire security guards? School shouldn't look like a prison or be a place where we're afraid of who's coming in. Students shouldn't have to be afraid to be here. I guess we can only pray that this violent world finds its Savior and trust in Him until it does. But that's so hard to do as I look at these sophomores curled up on the floor with their writing folders and wonder how we're going to keep them safe.... As a teacher, every incident like this breaks my heart even more than the last. School should be a safe place. We work so hard at our little school to teach our students to care for each other, to not hurt each other, to see each other as people with God-given dignity, each valuable and important.

We’ve begun to learn how to teach them that, to see the signs of a student whose anger is boiling over, so we can stop them from hurting each other. But what do we do when the violence of the world is invading. Lock the doors and hire security guards? School shouldn’t look like a prison or be a place where we’re afraid of who’s coming in. Students shouldn’t have to be afraid to be here.

I guess we can only pray that this violent world finds its Savior and trust in Him until it does. But that’s so hard to do as I look at these sophomores curled up on the floor with their writing folders and wonder how we’re going to keep them safe….

]]> By: barbara http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-446 barbara Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:28:44 +0000 http://meredithefken.com/blog/2006/10/03/womens-voices/shooting-the-girls/#comment-446 Amen, Meredith, Amen Amen, Meredith, Amen

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