“What Can We Do as a People of Faith?”
A Conversation with Jon Roebuck on the Impact of Gun Violence from a Faith Perspective

This week’s podcast is different from our regular weekly format because this week is different. Nashville feels different and something has changed in our community and in our lives in light of the tragic shooting at Nashville’s Covenant Presbyterian Church and School. John Hilley invites Dr. Jon Roebuck, The Rev. Charlie Curb Center for Faith Leadership at Belmont University and the former Senior Minister of Woodmont Baptist Church for 17 years to join him as his guest. This episode names our collective sense of grief and the connective tissue that connects us as Nashvillians. We discuss how people in the faith community can better understand the effects of gun violence across our communities, especially on our children. And we discuss just how big the problem of guns and gun violence is in our culture and the range of responses for people and communities of faith. But, most of all this episode is a space to acknowledge our grief and the range of emotions we are feeling. Nate Strasser provides the musical composition. 

Tags: Children Under Fire; Dr. Jon Roebuck.

Artwork: “Jesus Wept”; Artist Hannah Garrity, a Sanctified Art