The values that built our country must be claimed and spoken out loud over and over again. A new school year has already begun in some parts of the country and we wonder what will be said about the weekend news. Schools cannot simply hope that this event and events like it will stay far away from our communities and outside of the walls of the school building. News enters our homes, pops up on smartphones and sends us alerts. In some families and churches and communities, there will be conversations and in others it will be ignored or avoided. Even if the students, themselves, are not consumers of this news, parents and communities are. The sense of discomfort that invades our lives as a result of these incidents also invades our schools. So, what do we do? Read more...