Recent terrorist events in the middle east and Europe and in the U.S. were aimed at families who were together in public places. This made me ponder what spiritual solutions we may have to stay safe and avoid falling into the trap of being terrorized. We don’t want to be naive or foolish but we also don’t want to let a few crazed zealots shape our public life.
Tag: terrorism
“He’s got the whole world in His hands,” sings an old spiritual. These are 
comforting words as the world is mesmerized by atrocities affecting innocent bystanders and by heinous terrorist acts. Organizations and individuals capture the world’s attention, agitating to remake the world in their own image. They are gathering followers through the age-old techniques of hypnotism—by repetitively selling violent solutions while emphasizing the inability of the populace to help themselves.