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The chaos of the storms of racism, and murderous hate, are raging around us and we are being swamped.

Driving through streets named after Confederate generals, a failed man, a boy really, comes to Emmanuel, which as Christians know means God with us. Invited into the circle to pray for the sins of the world and his own sin, the boy instead pulls out his metal lust for violence and desecrates the space with innocent blood.

Jesus, a carpenter, was in a boat full of fishers who, one would think, would be experts at navigating the choppy and stormy sea. But they called on him for help. In the same way, people of faith are often in the same “boat” in life.

When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one.

What happens between the time when we hold our boys tenderly in our arms, and the time they choose to take up arms for a hateful cause?