Over the last week I have seen three major news stories come across about teens killing or horribly injuring other teens. These stories bring up some serious questions and I believe that our response make all the difference in the world.
Here are the stories…
2/29/12 A 13 Year-old boy set of fire by two other teens.
2/27/12 Ohio School Shooting
2/27/12 A 10 year old girl dies because of an after school fight
I wonder if this is another time where the church will be silent. I wonder if we will hear these news stories and simply concede that these are horrible events and they make us sick… only to forget about them later. If we stay silent, what will change? If we only hope it wont happen in our neighborhoods, what will that do? The work of nothing produces exactly what we put into it.
What do we do? Is prayer the only thing we can do?
What actions will you take in your youth ministry to raise up people of grace and peace?
Jacob Fasig 