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wow that minister was ticked off, When a reporter asked if they could know the name of the security officer that shot the perp, he gave an abrupt and emphatic, "NO"

Although he did give an emphatic "No" to this question as he walked to the mike (the question was actually shouted at the police spokesman who was just walking away), I didn't think he acted "ticked off" in any way. Yes, I too was ticked at the questions being asked by those reporters, but I'm not going to project my feelings on the pastor.

Interesting thing about that pastor - I had two different reactions to him, back to back. First, when they asked him what his own personal tale to tell was, he said that he was in his office when the shots were fired and then someone came in to tell him. His first reaction he said, was to call his wife to make sure she was OK and out of harm's way. He then visibly started to tear up and turned away from the mike.

My instant reaction was negative. Based on my years of rigorous Hollywood training (I watched every season of "24"), I said to myself, "WHAT?!?" He's the head of this church! Their general! Their President! He should have immediately got in touch with all his security guards, with his TAC teams, with his communications staff, etc. etc. How dare he shrug all that responsibility off his shoulders and concentrate on his wife?

Then it dawned on me. This isn't Jack Bauer. This is a real life pastor who has never commanded a SWAT team in his life (not counting prayer SWAT teams, that have very different training). The more I thought about it, I thought, Good for you pastor! Your heart was in the right place. Your first reaction was the right one.

If I'm ever in the Springs on a Sunday morning, I know where I want to visit!

I wonder how many cases of anti-Christian violence do not get reported? Of course if multiple people die, they make the news.

But I'm thinking of an incident 4 or 5 years ago, where the church we attend in Ft. Collins (Timberline Church, with many thousands of members) had its brand new facility firebombed. Someone broke a window and threw in a homemade Molotov cocktail. Fortunately the flames went out soon, and the only damages were to an area of burned carpet, and some minor smoke damage. They told us about it during the morning announcements, but I never saw anything in the local paper.