[QuiltinGramma]

I am angry, oh, so angry! Yes, I too, want the tie that woman (she is NO mother) up by her thumb nails and hit her with her own plumbing hose until Mr. Pearl himself comes to free her. But that cannot and will not happen and now that anger is vented by us, I have a question to ask of you. What are you going to do about it?? Are you going to mourn that little boy's death and turn and hug your DC or will you go one step further and take action? Mandy Locke left her e-mail address at the bottom of the article for people to contact her reqarding that article. Why should we be silent when their is much that we can say and teach and promote? Why should the evangelical name and the name of Christ be tarnished by the Pearls and Ezzos, etc. Should we not stand as one and defend our Christ and tell the real truth about the meaning of the rod verses and that it is not okay to hit your child?

Her address is: mandy.locke@newsobserver.com

Please write her after you have cooled down. Collect your thoughts and voice your concerns and write. Not in anger but with love and concern for all the children who are in this type of situation. Let us hold the Pearls accountable for this death. I will write and I will voice my opinion even though I haven't been here that long and am just now learning the correct and loving ways to disciple a child. Crystal (and others), please write Mandy and explain the rod verses to her. I feel uncomfortable taking your literature and sending it to her. It would be so much more effective for the author to do this.

It is easy for us to sit here and weep and cry over that poor baby and the other children in that family. Now let us be called to action. Let us call upon that same power and that same courage that Peter and Paul called upon and through the Holy Spirit and let us unite and bring this issue into the public eye.