With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with a point.

Two weeks ago, the world was turned upside down for students, families, and employees of

the Covenant School in Nashville.

Such moments leave us wondering if God is even there, is he really in control of this broken

world?

The Sunday after the shooting, Covenant Church pastor Reverend Billy Barnes preached on

the account at the end of Luke's Gospel, when Jesus joined the disciples on the road

to Emmaus.

Rappling with the loss of their Savior and the confusion over this empty tomb, they're

met by Jesus, but they don't recognize him.

We'd hoped he was the one to redeem Israel, they say.

While Jesus met them there and their grief and confusion, at the end of the road, when

he breaks bread with them, their eyes are open, and they realize who's been with them

the whole time.

Wickedness and loss can hide God's presence from us, but even when we do not see him or

feel him, the Lord is risen, and he is with us.

And as Reverend Barnes reminded this grieving community, God is in control.

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with a point.