Should we shoot or should we pray?
And when you are afraid, find sanctuary in your church. Except if you live in a place where guns are always ready. Like yesterday, in a church parking lot in Colorado Springs, where two are dead and four other wounded after a shooting spree. The clincher is that the original shooter was taken down by an armed security guard from the church.
I almost choked on my coffee while reading that story this morning. I would have been asphyxiated and burned, simultaneously. I accept that the neighbours across the way have certain issues with firearm control. Different country. But when your local churches, in the suburbs, have armed security guards? That sounds like an advertisement for a Final Days movie to me. Here, we have the altar nun. There, Rambo. Does he wear a surplice and soutane to calm the little old ladies?
I know, it’s not “the way things usually are”. But if you need to arm your church personnel, maybe there’s a small issue that needs to be resolved before your military might can settle things halfway across the world. Just a thought.
On other fronts, I’ve joined the ranks of those with unnecessary gadgets (OK, I was already a member, but let’s not quibble over the small things). Today I became the proud owner of a Palm. Nothing new, nothing fancy. Surplus from the last age, in fact. I needed wanted to play with ebooks and this seemed like an entry point. Of course it isn’t as easy to use as a paperback book, but learning is half the fun. If I find a really good application I’ll let you know. Does sudoku count?
