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How to Pray for Shooting Survivors | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, August 7, 2019 [I’m a Shooting Survivor. If You’re Going to Pray for Us, Here’s How.]( [I’m a Shooting Survivor. If You’re Going to Pray for Us, Here’s How.]( We need more than “thoughts and prayers” in the immediate aftermath. Taylor Schumann I have a complicated relationship with “[thoughts and prayers]( The phrase has become the familiar refrain after each mass shooting, echoed in tweets and statements offering condolences to families and communities shaken by tragedy. Like many others affected by gun violence, I can’t help but feel frustrated and cynical when I hear another line about “thoughts and prayers.” It has been six years since I was shot when a gunman opened fire at New River Community College in ... 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