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| ps from ps Today we remember. Today we respond. We remember those that lost their lives at the hands of a racist shooter at Tops three years ago today. They are: Celestine Chaney, Roberta A. Drury, Andrew Mackneil, Katherine Massey, Margus D. Morrison, Heyward Patterson, Aaron Salter, Geraldine Talley, Ruth Whitfield, Pearl Young. Today we honor their stories, remember their families and lift them up in prayer. At St. Paul’s, we will ring the bell in their honor at 2:30pm, the approximate time the shooting occurred. We invite you to share in this moment with silence wherever you are. The event lasted for six minutes. And in that short amount of time, it changed those families and this City forever. At 2:36pm this Wednesday, I invite you to end your silence. End your inaction and inactivity. End your lack of speaking out and not saying something that you see that doesn’t match up with the teachings and life of Jesus. End your complacency. End your tolerance and acceptance of hatred and racism. End your laughing at racist comments or jokes due to peers around you. End your nervousness due to the color of someone else’s skin without knowing the depth of the person’s heart. End all the things that brought about that terrible six minutes. And instead, do something. Do love. Do compassion. Do listening. Do discussion. Do reaching out. Do forgiveness. Do discomfort. Do love. When we say on days like this, “never forget,” may we also say: “never again.” And then do something to make it happen. Lord, may we never forget. And may we never again. Have mercy and inspire us. Amen Still in One Peace, ps |
May 14, 2025
