{"id":1084,"date":"2012-12-14T16:38:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T23:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/?p=1084"},"modified":"2012-12-14T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T23:41:53","slug":"a-pastors-lament-for-newtown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/2012\/12\/a-pastors-lament-for-newtown\/","title":{"rendered":"A Pastor&#8217;s Lament For Newtown"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Pastors are supposed to have answers\u2026tonight I don\u2019t have any answers, I only have a lament. A lament for the Newtown, Connecticut. A lament for the folks who lost a loved one today. A lament for those who will have to try put pieces back together in their fragmented world. A lament to the coming Christ who we need now more than ever. I don\u2019t have answers\u2026all I have is a lament.<br>\n<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2012\/12\/doc50cb44f353b173010122402.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/237\/2012\/12\/doc50cb44f353b173010122402-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"(Photo by Laurie Gaboardi) The scene at school shooting in Newtown.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1085\"><\/a><br>\n<br>\n<\/p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNk61Krf0FA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/whiskeypreacher\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Outlaw Theology With The Whiskey Preacher<\/a><\/center><center>episodes are provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/sogomedia.tv\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sogo Media TV<\/a>.\n<\/center><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastors are supposed to have answers\u2026tonight I don\u2019t have any answers, I only have a lament. A lament for the Newtown, Connecticut. A lament for the folks who lost a loved one today. A lament for those who will have to try put pieces back together in their fragmented world. 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