Finding Hope

People have been asking us what kind of world we think we are living in today. We find it almost impossible to answer that question. To answer this question, we believe we must first ask what have we become as a society. Looking back years ago to WW2, the country sacrificed countless lives and during that time enjoyed fewer comforts. By comparison with today, those were lean times. Those who survived felt that the time following WW2 was a time for celebration and plenty. As the war ended, television became a part of most households in the late 1940’s and early 50’s. The folks they invited into their homes via their TV’s were respectable and respected. The shows were designed…

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A Struggle for Peace

Three minutes after the President’s address on Thursday night, another shooting took place in Ames, Iowa. Three people laid dead in a church parking lot, two women and the gunman who shot himself. Although this is not considered a “mass shooting,” it comes on the heels of Buffalo, Uvalde, and Tulsa. The FBI defines a “mass shooting” as 4 or more victims at one or more close locations involving multiple persons, a firearm. and homicide. Over Memorial Day weekend, there were several mass shootings in US rural and urban settings and, according to Gun Violence Archive (GVA,) there have been 20 mass shootings since Uvalde. There seems to be too many of these shootings to report. No wonder people in…

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