We don’t really know what happened in the past. We haven’t heard from the arsonist’s father or the church staff. I believe I read elsewhere that the church was considering building a new facility as well. It may end up being providential for them.
Note the third to last paragraph seems to indicate that the perpetrator was known to church members, who knew that he had some issues. I’m guessing some kind of mental illness.
I don’t think it lets the church off the hook totally—the “right boot of fellowship” can be devastating, and it ought to be investigated whether it was used there and for what reasons—but there’s a story there that will likely have a major place in the perpetrator’s trial.
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We don’t really know what happened in the past. We haven’t heard from the arsonist’s father or the church staff. I believe I read elsewhere that the church was considering building a new facility as well. It may end up being providential for them.
NewWorking on practicing forgiveness
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/nw-wisconsin/Ashland-youth-gro…
NewMental problems
Note the third to last paragraph seems to indicate that the perpetrator was known to church members, who knew that he had some issues. I’m guessing some kind of mental illness.
I don’t think it lets the church off the hook totally—the “right boot of fellowship” can be devastating, and it ought to be investigated whether it was used there and for what reasons—but there’s a story there that will likely have a major place in the perpetrator’s trial.
Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.