Local Pastor Challenges Arguments Around 'God & Schools' After Newtown Shooting
Rev. Rolf Olson of Richfield Lutheran Church says the belief by some that the school shooting resulted from "taking God out of schools" is unfounded.
In the days following the horrific Newtown school tragedy, discussions of gun control and school security to mental illness and warning signs of a killer ran rampant across the country. Everyone was just trying to make sense of it all. Of course, God's role was also questioned. The following was written on the Facebook page of Golden Valley-based Spirit of Hope United Methodist Church by local pastor, Rev. Rolf Olson, of Richfield Evangelical Lutheran Church. He too knows the pain of having a child murdered and addresses arguments surrounding God in schools: THE TRAGEDY AND GOD In the days since the tragedy and evil that befell Newtown, I have heard and read comments about the event occurring because "they have taken God out of the schools…
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