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\nPrayer and More<\/p>\n
Every time there is a mass shooting in a church, someone asks me if it causes me to re-live the emotions of September 15, 1999 at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth \u2013 my home church \u2013 where a lone gunman entered a \u201cSee You at the Pole\u201d Rally with two guns, two hundred rounds of ammunition, and a home-made pipe bomb. Before he took his own life, he killed seven people, wounded seven others, and traumatized hundreds including members of my family. The answer is always the same \u2013 an agonizing yes. But this time \u2013 First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, with 26 dead, twenty injured, and a small Texas town traumatized \u2013 my mind went to another event. When I was the Baptist campus minister at Pan American University, we were on a retreat in the mountains of southern Mexico. We had been warned not to go outside the camp after dark due to the wild animals in the mountains. Nevertheless, a student named, Jimmy, did just the opposite. When word got out about his absence in camp, students gathered in the cafeteria. After a long silence, a student said, \u201cI think we need to get in a circle and pray\u201d to which another student, a new, not-yet-discipled student, exclaimed, \u201cPray H____! Let\u2019s go get Jimmy.\u201d Last week, and following every mass shooting, there were a lot of people encouraging prayer. I\u2019m all for it. We need to pray. Survivors need our intercessory prayer. Injured, most definitely need prayer. But we all need more. It\u2019s time someone did something about semi-automatic weapons designed for warfare, but then used for killing innocent people, even children. It\u2019s time someone did something about mental illness, especially that which leads to violence. It\u2019s time someone did something about those who \u201cfall through the cracks\u201d of society\u2019s law and order. Pray? Absolutely. But isn\u2019t it about time to go get Jimmy, to do something to prevent further trauma? By the way, as you pray, remember to pray for spiritual awakening. It may well be the only solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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