Sunday, October 26, 2014

Let's Get Something Straight! (An Open Letter to the Media)

A photo I snapped of Seattle Pacific University in fall of 1987.
Dear Media,

Watching your coverage of the latest Washington State school shooting, I feel compelled to offer some timely advice.  


Let's stop calling lone crazies "lone wolf." It's disparaging to the majestic and powerful wolves living in our forests. A former CIA official suggested "lone rat," and I couldn't agree more. (Some rat owners may disagree.)  There's nothing about these sick individuals that should be looked upon as good.

On a similar topic, let's stop using words like "brazen" to refer to cowardly crimes against the innocent. Describe it for what it is--without the sensationalism. While you're at it, stop profiling and probing the killers' lives. Let's forget their names, faces, and their existence altogether.  Instead, let's remember the names and lives of the innocent taken from us.

Because, mainstream media, I think you know that you're are a serious part of the problem here.  Your reporting encourages copycat attacks, and it rewards the shooters with the fame and purpose they desired.  This needs to stop; we must hold the media accountable.

May I suggest, without using the shooters' name or photo, that you consider exploring precisely how he came to get his hands on the gun, and what was the family situation.  That information might truly help us get at the root of this societal illness, because the shooter is NOT a victim.  Let's repeat that one more time, shall we?  The school shooter is NOT a victim.

As for my fellow Christians, I suggest that these kind of tragedies are a direct result of the Culture of Death. We have devalued life at each and every turn and removed prayer from our schools; this is the logical result of moral relativism and the religion of self.

Friday, October 3, 2014

Win an eBook on Sunday!


It's almost been three months since my book was released.  To celebrate this milestone, I'm giving away one eBook on Sunday afternoon.  Between now and then, there will be several different ways for you to enter for your chance to win a free book.  For instance...do you receive my informal newsletter?  Well, hold onto your socks, but a new newsletter is coming this weekend!  If you don't already receive it, drop me an e-mail to be added to our distribution list, and I will automatically add you to the potential book winner list, too.  

Not into newsletters?  That's okay.  Tweet the message below--being sure to add @PacNWCathWriter on the end, so I can track it.


More into Facebook?  Great!  "Like" my author page, and just message me that you've done it, and to please enter you into the eBook contest.  

Good luck!!