After Newtown: Will We Finally Act?

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This is a repost of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s column for Chicago Sun-Times (Dec. 17, 2012).  It is reposted here with permission.

Do not turn your eyes from the horror of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children, their teachers and aides, their school principal shot repeatedly, in some cases beyond recognition, by a 20-year-old wielding a semiautomatic assault weapon.

As he has shown in his moving words after the horror, President Barack Obama clearly is grief-stricken, as we all should be, about the children murdered in their innocence.

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Christmas Reflections: Peace on Earth and Gun Violence

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This was originally posted on Feminist Studies in Religion blogsite. 

As many Christians including myself celebrate Christmas, we want to take a moment to pause and reflect upon what it means to celebrate Christmas.

As we live in the busyness of getting into the Christmas spirit, the message of the birth of Christ gets lost in the fervor of buying present, decorating the trees and holding