2015 started off
well, but seven days into this New Year, extreme violence hit.
In our shrinking
world of high technology, the massacre in Paris almost feels like it happened
here. Through the media, we see the faces of those Parisians who had their
loved ones mercilessly cut down and our hearts are touched. From a distance, we
groan with righteous indignation and mourn with them, because we know how it
feels to have senseless acts of violence perpetrated against us. We remember
the horror of 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, and others that fuel an
ever-present fear of terrorism. Still, even without foreign influence, our
country has seen escalating violence. Anger spewing out in riots, looting, and
destruction over court verdicts and vicious, irrational school shootings. It’s
as if violence stepped from the movie screen and made its home in our everyday
life.
