This is the third post on lessons that can be learned from the Amish school shooting in rural Pennsylvania on October 2, 2006. The other posts are:
Lessons from an Amish School Shooting - Forgiveness
Lessons from an Amish School Shooting - Courage
The Amish community has demonstrated remarkable forgiveness and courage to the world during this crisis. [...]
Yesterday I posted an article titled Lessons from an Amish School Shooting - Forgiveness. This article explored the example the Amish community has set for us in forgiving Charles Roberts IV and his family for Roberts’ role in the shooting deaths of several school children. Today I want to explore another lesson I see for [...]
Charles Carl Roberts IV chose October 2, 2006 to commit the third fatal school shooting in less than a week. Roberts brought violence to a peaceful community and forever shattered the illusion that school violence is somehow an urban or suburban problem. Those of us who live in rural communities can no longer pretend the [...]
Sacrifice Cliff sits in bold view just outside my hotel room this weekend. There is an interesting story connected with this cliff overlooking the Yellowstone River in Billings, MT. The name Sacrifice Cliff arises from Crow warriors who blindfolded their horses and rode off the cliff in an effort to appease the gods and end [...]