In the wake of the Arizona tragedy many are asking about the role of guns in society. The Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlewaite - who I'm spending the week with at Chicago Theological Seminary - writes today in The Washington Post:

We are at a pivotal moment in American politics. If we want to continue to be able to have our government officials interact with the public in mutually informative ways, a practice critical to democracy, then we need to break up the unholy trinity of God, guns, and politics. Put away the guns and talk to each other.

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