He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?”
Rev. Amy Welin (4 Pentecost/Proper 7):The events in Charleston, South Carolina, this week have forced us to confront the giant evil of racism. Nine church members were murdered during a Bible study at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Their killer reportedly considered not fulfilling hid mission, because they were so kind to him. But he pulled the trigger, driven by his personal demons.
This is the most recent racially-driven tragedy calling Americans to go to a new place.
We have failed to find the post-racial society we thought we had found. We have instead come to dwell in a place of barely restrained violence and danger and it is often polarized by racial identity. I must acknowledge that it is difficult for me, as a White woman, to fully comprehend the anxiety of my Black friends. I live in a different experience. Yet I do understand that if one cannot find sanctuary even in church, there is no safe place on earth. Read More Read more • Leer más → “He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?””