Every sane person in the United States has been shocked and saddened by the recent series of shootings in our schools. From Arkansas to Oregon, Tennessee to California, the pictures have been repeated over and over on our television screens. Rescue squads work feverishly to save some adult or child's life who has been senselessly gunned down by another child.
Parents rush to schools to frantically search for their children.
Whole communities grieve over young people cut down before they can experience life. It is tragic beyond words. But I want to take your mind to another scene. There is no tragedy here. I was recently at an awards ceremony for about a hundred young people who attend our local middle school.