{"id":17355,"date":"2018-02-22T19:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T03:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/?p=17355"},"modified":"2018-02-22T19:00:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T03:00:45","slug":"at-one-ment-with-the-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pnwumc.org\/news\/at-one-ment-with-the-children\/","title":{"rendered":"At-One-Ment with the Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the Rev. Paul Graves<\/strong> | Photo courtesy of Fabrice Florin\/Wikipedia,<\/strong> whitehouse.gov<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As it happened, I was sitting in front of the TV as the \u201cListening Session\u201d happened at the White House last Wednesday<\/strong><\/span>. This time was for President Trump and other officials to hear from survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting tragedy<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in Parkland, Florida.<\/p>\n

We also heard from their parents along with other parents of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and Columbine High School<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. Others too had their passionate pleas that they wanted the President and the federal government to hear.<\/p>\n

Sorrow and anguish<\/strong><\/span> were passionately coupled with pleas for solutions<\/strong><\/span> that will \u201ckeep us safe\u201d in schools and beyond. I had tears in my eyes and mixed grief in my heart during the 90-minute session.<\/p>\n