Jan Shannon

Our attempts to understand death, the why of it, not the how, are fueled by grief and fear and loss.

If the people lining up to buy more guns would stop and pray, and pray again, and pray more, perhaps they would realize that they truly are not in control.

Chris Harper-Mercer was not a zero, he was a person; with thoughts and feelings just like everyone else.

If the God you worship says he loves the soul but hates the body, your God is shallow.

I used to be a proud American, raised in a family that believed in the phrase, “My country, right or wrong, my country.” I was proud to join the Air Force at 18 years old, so proud to serve, proud to wear the uniform.

If Pope Francis and Billy Graham had a baby, the Ecumenical Catholic Communion (ECC) would be their love-child. Picture all the bells and whistles of a High Church service merged with the down-to-earth sincerity and casualness of your typical evangelical worship service.

I’m getting really tired of the many comments I read every day that refer to the LGBTQI community and/or the gay agenda.