Crunchy Con

Update on Lindsay Johnson

Tuesday May 20, 2008

Categories: Family
Many of you have written to ask if a fund has been set up for the children of Jessica Johnson, whose daughter Lindsay witnessed her mom's murder, and survived her own attempted murder, caring for her baby sister through the...
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Zach
May 20, 2008 6:23 PM

"I'm sorry to say it, but a few posters on this thread are making me sick. I'm going to close it down. "
See - told you guys...if rod does not like it he shuts it down...
censorship! Is he really a woman!

Why does it not surprise me that you'd carry on your idiocy in another thread?

Rod Dreher
May 20, 2008 6:30 PM

Zach, I deleted this troll's posts here, and everywhere. He posted under several different names on the Ted Kennedy thread, and my investigation shows that he's been posting similarly idiotic comments on lots of threads, under lots of different names. I can't tell what his real name is, but he'll be junked every time he shows up. Please don't feed him.

Zach
May 20, 2008 6:43 PM

Zach, I deleted this troll's posts here, and everywhere. He posted under several different names on the Ted Kennedy thread, and my investigation shows that he's been posting similarly idiotic comments on lots of threads, under lots of different names. I can't tell what his real name is, but he'll be junked every time he shows up. Please don't feed him.

Yeah, I had a nice running battle with him in the Kennedy thread. I have a bad habit of feeding trolls, unfortunately.

Susan
May 20, 2008 6:59 PM

Thank you, Rod, for letting us know this child's story.

mann
May 20, 2008 7:17 PM

Is it tax deductible? If not, I'd donate my time & labor, but in no way will I let my charitable giving be taxed

Rod Dreher
May 20, 2008 7:32 PM

I don't know. I can't vouch for it, and don't want to be read as recommending to people that they donate. I'm just answering private queries from a number of readers asking if there was any way they could give something to help the family out.

Odd, though, that the one thing keeping you from giving money is fear that the contribution might not be tax deductible. I'm afraid I don't understand that.

Pauli
May 21, 2008 9:39 AM

Odd, though, that the one thing keeping you from giving money is fear that the contribution might not be tax deductible.

It's not odd at all. There are many charitable organizations and causes out there to which one may contribute. The fact that this one is high profile momentarily in the media tells us nothing in terms of its quality. Making sure a contribution can be tax-deductible means you have more money to give to other charities. It's good stewardship and it's simple math.

Chris Brauns
May 21, 2008 5:04 PM

 

Thank you for posting about the courage and love of this young lady and her family.  Unfortunately, in a fallen world, Christians must know how they will respond to such horrors.  I address this kind of situation at length in my forthcoming book.   But, for now, I would point to the column I wrote after Virginia Tech.  While, forgiveness does need to be offered, we need to read Romans 12:17-21 carefully when processing evil like this.

EBONE'
July 14, 2009 8:25 PM

HELLO HOW ARE YOU GUYS MY NAME IS EBONE' JACKSON AND I NO THAT THIS HAPPENED A WHILE BACK BUT I GOT A BETTER VIEW OF THE WHOLE SITUATION EARLIER TODAY AND I JUST HAD TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT ABOUT THIS CHILD AND HER LOVING AND CARIND WILL TO PROTECT HER BABY SISTER IM ONLY 14 SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO DONATE AND GOD KNOWS IF I DID I WOULD BUT THIS STORY HAS TRULY TOUCHED ME DEEPLY AND IT REALLY HURTS ME TO THINK OF THIS FAMILY GOING THROUGH THIS HURT AND PAIN BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE GOOD BECAUSE THIS COMMENT WASNT MEANT FOR BAD BUT I TRULY FEEL THAT,THA 4 YEAR OLD CHILD LINDSAY PAIGE JOHNSON IS GOD'S LITTLE ANGEL SHE IS A GIFT OF HIS GRACE AND MERCY AND SHE WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL YOUNG CHILD THAT WILL FOREVER RECEIVE MY LOVE AND RESPECT AND MY DEEP AND SINCEREST SYMPATHY GOES OUT TO THIS FAMILY IM AM TRULY SORRY FOR YOUR LOST BUT I WANT TO LET YOU BY THE LOVE OF LITTLE LINDSAY THERE IS A GOD AND YOUR LOST WILL FOREVER LIVE AND SHINE IN GODS GRACE

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Rod Dreher is an editorial columnist for the Dallas Morning News, and author of "Crunchy Cons" (Crown Forum), a nonfiction book about conservatives, most of them religious, whose faith and political convictions sometimes put them at odds with mainstream conservatives. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

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