"To the cowards who think gunning down an innocent crowd is power, this is the face of Aaron Feis, who stood in the line of fire to protect children that did not biologically belong to him.
This is what real power looks like.
I will remember his name, and I have already forgotten yours.
To the heartbroken masses who have accepted that our new normal includes 8 school shootings with injuries or fatalities in the first 7 weeks of the year, and that the best we can muster is sad resignation, this is the face of Aaron Feis, who took the imperfect moment he was given to stand for the vulnerable.
Thanks be to God for the ones who don't resign their responsibility.
To those in power who argue incessantly about what is the real cause and who is really at fault, and then do absolutely nothing, this is the face of Aaron Feis, who gave up his life to do something, and had to do something, because you have done nothing.
For heaven's sake, try something.
Anything.
And for all the rest of us, do not let the bullies define this world.
Do not let the cowards have the day.
For every one of them, there are a dozen faces like this in the wings.
This is the face of the world I choose to live in, the country I love.
This is the face of Aaron Feis."
Written by Brian Erickson —-pastor of Trinity United Methodist Church in Homewood, AL
