Why hashtags like #PrayforBrussels trend: It says “I won’t allow myself to be dehumanized by the silence”

The terrorist attacks in Brussels have devastated people in Belgium and left many others – secular and religious alike -- struggling to make sense of what happened. Even if we expect evil in the world, these events are shocking and disorienting, and the grief mixed with angry shouting makes them difficult to interpret.What is the personally effective and ethically responsible way to respond? How do we reconcile this kind of violence in our individual lives, in our community, and in social