The Whole World Weeps For Charleston
Posted on June 19, 2015
I couldn’t sleep last night. In fact, I wept as I watched the continuing coverage of the massacre that took place at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston day before yesterday.
Every time I think about those worshipers, my heart just aches. Pastors, a librarian, a coach, a mother, a father, a young man, and six beautiful church ladies all taken from us because of hate. I’m a writer, but the words I have for how I feel seem hollow, somehow.
So I’m sharing a song that I’ve been listening to as I pray for the families of the victims. Carrie Newcomber’s song I heard and Owl, sums up the sorrow I’m feeling today, and my strong belief that we must come together in love to make it harder for hateful people to secure the means by which such violence is done.
