Associated PressJuly 17, 2022
10min0
Houses of worship are meant to be places of shelter, reflection and peace, but the recent string of shootings is a reminder violence can happen anywhere, prompting some faith leaders to ramp up security.
Tag: Tree of Life
Associated PressJuly 17, 2022
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 31, 2018
5min826
A St. Petersburg Buddhism-based spiritual center is asking members to vote this year because “our country is in crisis.” President Donald Trump “not only encouraged these violent acts, his response has been to blame the victims,” wrote Tami Wheelock-Long, who works for Shambhala St. Petersburg, a world-wide organization of meditation and cultural centers centered on Buddhism […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018
4min391
State Senate candidate Lindsay Cross is adding a new bullet point to her list of campaign priorities after the deadly mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday that claimed 11 lives. A minute-long video being shared on social media shows a somber Cross sitting in a church pew wearing a black dress demanding “common sense” […]