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Update: Latest school shooting in Colorado  

'His intent was evil': Colorado high school gunman intended to shoot numerous people, sheriff says
By Daniella Silva, NBC News

He shot Claire Esther Davis, 17, who just happened to be sitting nearby with a friend as he headed toward the library. The girl suffered severe head trauma and remains in critical condition at Littleton Adventist Hospital.  

"Our beautiful daughter Claire Davis has severe head trauma as a result of a gunshot. She needs your continued prayers," the family statement read. 

Note:  The lone gunman killed himself after shooting Claire though clearly armed to do much more.  Thanks to the actions of an officer, the results were far less than the carnage he apparently wished to unleash.  Please join me in praying for Claire and all those impacted by this act of violence.



Join me in praying for the families of Newtown who will experience their second Christmas season without their loved ones, 
many of them very young children.


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"God comes in the midst not of a perfect world but a broken world. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not overcome it. I don’t have to look far from my own little town to see how that is being lived out. I don’t have to look around the globe for examples. I see it right here." 
-- senior pastor Matt Crebbin, Newtown Congregational Church (quote found on Newtown Patch – a community website)



Wife of Pastor Imprisoned in Iran Says U.S. Government Abandoned Her Husband
Dismayed his imprisonment not discussed during nuke talks




This headline is a little more sensational than the actual story but the boy is a hero nonetheless
12 Year Old Nearly Dies to Save His Grandmother
Priscilla


US tweaks Syria policy after Western backed rebels suffer setback to Islamists
By MICHAEL WILNER
12/11/2013 21:30
Move comes after Islamists seize HQ and warehouses of US ally Syrian rebels
Note:  you might remember that this policy was sold with the assurance that weapons would not fall into the wrong hands

Lesbian Waitress Let Go After Allegedly Forging Anti-Gay Receipt From Customer



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