Praying around a bullet hole
Teri McDowell Ott offers a prayer of lament after the Minneapolis ICE shooting, naming grief, honoring the life lost and calling the church to witness, healing and hope.
Litany and prayer after the Minneapolis shooting
Teri McDowell Ott offers a litany of lament and intercession after the shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
Fix it, God: The weight of motherhood in a broken world
Confronted with school shootings and stale prayers, new mother Meagan Kelly pleads: Fix it, God.
It has happened again, God
A prayer after a school shooting in Winder, Georgia, by W. Mark Koenig.
A call to courage: The Atwood Institute’s stand against gun violence
The inaugural Atwood Institute for Congregational Courage met in New Mexico last week, creating a well-resourced community for Christians wishing to end gun violence.
Mamie Till-Mobley as a teacher in the movement to end gun violence
When 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered, his mother Mamie boldly decided to publish pictures of his brutalized body, revealing the violence of racism to the nation. In the campaign to end gun violence, what can we learn from her courage and creativity, writes Jeremy Wilhelmi?
Readers respond: #EndGunViolence
Here's what some readers are saying in response to our #EndGunViolence special issue released in June. Add your voice to the conversation!
But what can I do?
Ashley Mason Brown offers concrete ideas for how faith leaders can assist with lowering the rate of gun violence in the United States.
What role does the national church play after a mass shooting?
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance has been responding to the "human-caused disaster" of gun violence for 24 years.
Curious conversation
America’s at an impasse in the gun legislation debate. What if churches led the way through honest curiosity, Eliza C. Jaremko wonders?
Discussion guide for June 2023 issue
In each issue of the Outlook, we include a discussion guide to further reflect on the issue. We recommend using this guide in your Bible study, small group or book club. It's our invitation into a faithful conversation.
Facing a culture of gun violence with kindness
As a millennial and former youth ministry worker, Eric Nolin is no stranger to a world where school shootings happen. There's much to be done, but perhaps one place to start is with a kind word.
Abecedarian for the Navy Yard Shooting
"At 8:16 a.m. the quiet of the office/ broke, the first shot/ cracking the air..." — Courtney LeBlanc remembers the 2013 Navy Yard Shooting.
Gun violence trauma: a collective, shared wound
Sarah Bixler and Shelly Rambo, two theology professors who study trauma, discuss gun violence.
Gun violence: a public health epidemic
People of faith must continue to advocate for the passage of national gun-safety laws, writes the PC(USA)’s advocacy director for the Office of Public Witness & Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations Jimmie Hawkins.
Sheltering and nurturing the children of God
"Mass shootings continue to be a life-stealing issue, but the church has the tools to find the capacity to prophetically respond," writes Alex Evangelista.
Presbyterian gun owners address the complexities
For gun-owning Presbyterians, control is – and isn’t – a cut-and-dried issue, Leslie Scanlon finds.
Do not destroy the one for whom Christ died
David Lincicum makes a Christian case for repealing the Second Amendment.
Post-Traumatic Jesus: A Healing Gospel for the Wounded
"I was immediately centered by his view of the Christmas story through a post-traumatic lens; Mary and Jesus were human, one of us, and experienced trauma."
Guns and poems
What can poetry accomplish?
Enough already
Otis Moss III wonders when we will love enough to recognize everyone’s right to live.
From despair to hope: Mobilizing your church to end gun violence
Gun violence prevention minister Deanna Hollas unmasks the powers behind the gun violence epidemic in the United States and provides proven actions you and your congregation can take to help save lives.
Fostering love, not fear
For her June 2023 editorial, Teri McDowell Ott goes to her local gun shop to learn a different perspective. Afterwards, she wrestles with fear and love.
Gun culture and the end of American Christianity
Christopher Hays ponders where we can find hope in a worsening situation.
Rethinking Life: Embracing the Sacredness of Every Person
Amy Pagliarella reviews Shane Claiborne's latest book.
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