Charleston: Do You Not Care That We Are Perishing?
I have felt physically weak ever since I heard the news out of Charleston.
Nine shot down and killed at Bible study by a white man because they were black.
It is as though another gun violence massacre has drained me of all hope. I don’t know how to say, “We cannot let this happen again,” without it sounding like a cruel joke.
And then I read our gospel again for today and felt like I’d seen a ghost.
The words, the story, already powerful in their own right, struck me to the heart when I thought of them in conjunction with this tragedy.
Scripture can sometimes be our only solace in times like this.
I believe in the Good News of Jesus Christ, but I’m not sure I know how to find it today after what has happened this week.
But just like the victims at Emmanuel AME church, we are people of faith, and just like they were doing moments before they died, together we will go to the Word of God in search of truth and hope. Continue reading