Terrorized While Worshipping

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(Charleston, SC) It is a sad day in America when a 5 year old has to play dead in order to stay alive.  This was scene Wednesday night when a terror struck at Emanuel AME Church. A mad gunmen entered the house the Lord and carried out a heinous crime. He shot 9 people in cold blood.

“Acts like this have no place in our country and no place in a civilized society,” U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch

The case has resurfaced the argument for stricter gun control laws and the removal of the Confederate Flag from the South Carolina state house. Read More via BBC - Why the Confederate flag started trending after the Charleston shooting

We Speak Your Names

I am reminded of the powerful poem by Pearl Cleage written in 2005 for Oprah’s Legends Ball.  Our lives matter, and we should fully acknowledge the light and purpose of everyone we lose. May your souls rise to everlasting life.

Clementa Pinckney

Cynthia Hurd

Sharonda Coleman-Singleton

Tywanza Sanders

Ethel Lance

Susie Jackson

DePayne Middleton Doctor

Mira Thompson

Daniel Simmons, Sr.

If you would like to help out the South Carolina community donations can be made to Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church . Continue to pray for our nation and for all those touched by this senseless crime.