The media has been saturated since Christmas Eve with the story I think is a leading candidate for the most horrible news story of 2008. I’m sure you’ve seen and heard far more about it than you care to see or hear. I’m talking about the insane person dressed as Santa Claus who slaughtered adults and kids at a party in California on Christmas Eve, then killed himself.
It’s just one of those stories that it’s hard to comprehend. One of the scariest clips I saw about it on TV was a neighbor of the monster who said the guy passed him as he was leaving his house that day and exchanged a friendly greeting.
What sort of mind says, “Hey, how ya doin’?” on the outside while thinking on the inside thinking something like, “I’m leaving to kill some women and kids as well as torch a house and destroy life in a neighborhood — ah, good, I remembered the Santa suit”???????
May God grant that the new year shows us less horror and more peace, love, and joy.