Last night, in a historic Charleston church, nine people were murdered in cold blood. A small group praying in church. A stranger joins them then opens fire. The murderer is white. The victims were black.
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| image from Emmanuel AME Church |
Last November, I attended Renovation Church's panel discussion on racial tensions in America. I took copious notes on what the panelists had to say, but there was one topic that is particularly relevant today. When asked what she wants most from her white sisters, panelist Pamela Stringfield said this.
LeCrae said our society has lost the art of lamenting. We
read the stories and hear the news and move on to argue about it. At the
end of he say, I don't care how right you are. I want people to care about what's going on, to share thoughts and questions, to say this isn't how it's supposed to be, and to actually cry. I grieve that we are pitted
against each other because this is not how it was supposed to be.
