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David posted this story last week about Antoinette Tuff, the Georgia school bookkeeper who helped to prevent a tragic school shooting. He asked this question:

What would our lives look like if we were to live by the love of Christ, an attitude of nonviolence, and daily spiritual preparation?  How would we – and our culture – and our churches – be transformed?

And Joe wrote this in response.

I’ve been mulling over a response to David’s question for a while, trying to figure out a way to articulate my thoughts. If I’m completely honest, I might have to confess that I have become numb to the tragedies that we hear in the news everyday. Perhaps it’s because we have been exposed to so much of it through the media that I just get tired of feeling compassionate all the time.

And then I remember the story of “Tārore and Her Book,” one of my favourite stories to tell the kids I work with.

And then I remember this is how we are called to live. And to answer David’s question, this is what happens when we live by the love of Christ, and transform our culture and our churches.

This is the true story of Tārore and her book.

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