The Crosswalk

ByJames Butler

We spoke of a walk to school through miles of snow; our children will speak of their trauma crossing the school parking lot.

“The Crosswalk”

“Assault on Education”

“Not Tardy Today”

Of Such is the Kingdom of God,

Pastor Jim

Postscript

From From Mass Shootings 2025

See also CBS’s Story FSU Student and Parkland Survivor Describes Experiencing A Second School Shooting: “This is America”

Finally, see also Giffords Courage to Track Gun Violence article Tracking Trump’s Disastrous Record on Guns

Since the original posting of this piece, there have been yet more school shootings, including the death of Charlie Kirk on the Utah Valley University Campus. The right may blame the left and the left the right. The truth is death by gun violence has robbed us of precious lives taken too soon.

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