The churches:

• Church stunned by former member's deadly actions | Matthew Murray's mother is in charge of Love Fellowship's women's ministry. A prayer service is planned for tonight. (The Denver Post)


• New Life Church offering comfort (The Denver Post)


• Churches mixed over armed guards | Public reluctance, liability issues work against it, experts say (Rocky Mountain News)


• Americans might balk at vigorous strategies (Rocky Mountain News)


• Pastor decries 'moral detachment' | But failure to deal with guns, mental illness also cited (Rocky Mountain News)


• Unsafe at New Life Church | God bless that hallowed ground. Even if it can't be safe--because no place is--it can be a place of renewal and healing (Patton Dodd, Beliefnet)

The shooter:

• Police: Church gunman killed himself (Associated Press)


• Reports: Colorado gunman posted anti-Christian writings (CNN)


• Diatribe foretold horror | Shooter Matthew Murray posted reworked writing of Columbine killer between attacks (The Denver Post)


• Web posting replicates Columbine shooter's manifesto | A diatribe was posted at 11:03 a.m. Sunday on a website devoted to people who have left religion (The Denver Post)


• Murray's religious rants all the rage on the Internet (Rocky Mountain News)


• Gunman's hate boiled over | Shooter had failed to pass muster with missionary center (Rocky Mountain News)


• Roommate: Murray booted from center for bizarre behavior (Rocky Mountain News)


• Family friend calls gunman "loner" | A prayer service for all the families affected is scheduled for Tuesday night (The Denver Post)


• 2 Sisters Killed and the Reason: Revenge? (The Gazette)

The victims:

• Victims came from family of faith | Remembering Rachel and Stephanie Works (The Denver Post)


• As father recovers, Aurora family grieves loss of 2 girls | Gunman opened fire on teens, dad as they left church (Rocky Mountain News)


• In his own words: Larry Bourbonnais | Colorado Springs resident Larry Bourbonnais, 59, is a New Life parishioner and a Vietnam veteran who was slightly injured by a bullet fragment during the shooting at New Life Church (Rocky Mountain News)


• Service set for slain missionaries | ""We're inviting as many people as would like to be there" (Rocky Mountain News)

Other:

• Making sense of the senseless | The following days will yield more details about how this tragedy unfolded, but we may never fully understand why five people, including the gunman, are dead (Editorial, The Denver Post)


• Lethal rage | Another young man's murderous rampage (Editorial, Rocky Mountain News)


• Church guard gains hero status | Ex-cop 'was very focused' as she 'took him down' (Rocky Mountain News)


• Neighbors witnessed an 'unnerving' sight (Rocky Mountain News)


• Columbine stepfather: 'And nothing changes' (Rocky Mountain News)

For earlier links, see this blog entry.

Posted by Ted Olsen on December 11, 2007 11:31AM