Nashville shooting

Talking about sorrow and death is something that we, as parents, do not do well. In my experience, many pastors are not much better.

"Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I know that she was protecting those kids," said the husband of Cynthia Peak, one of six victims in the Nashville shooting last week.

Pastors and other faith leaders in the community have rallied around Covenant, offering their space and other support.

As we remember that our hope is secure in God, we must also think through how to keep our people safe. The Nashville shooting is a painful reminder of that.

Steven Curtis Chapman is grieving the shooting at The Covenant School in a deeply personal way. Katherine Koonce, head of the school and one of the victims who was fatally shot, was a personal friend of his.

It has been reported that Evelyn Dieckhaus was desperately trying to pull the fire alarm to warn her classmates and teachers of the terrifying rampage the Nashville shooter was about to unleash on the Covenant School.

A GoFundMe has been set up by Nashville parents to benefit the family of "Big Mike" Hill, custodian of The Covenant Church and one of the six victims who died in the mass shooting there on Monday.