This morning my Facebook News Feed is a stream of comments and pictures from 12 years ago. About this time in the morning (9:15) we had just heard that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Another plane would follow. Then the news of a plane crashing into the Pentagon and another into a field in Pennsylvania. That day was not all that different than today. Blue skies. Few clouds. Early fall. For those of us living in the New York City area it is hard not to remember where we were when we heard the news and what the rest of that day was like. All of us knew someone who died or know a family that lost a loved one.
But one of the things that is different today…
At least for me…
Is that the anger and shock of 12 years ago has been replaced by a sadness and an even deeper longing for a better understanding between people.
The front doors of our sanctuary are unlocked every day with an invitation for people to take a moment to walk in and to sit quietly, but today our doors are standing wide open as both an invitation and a sign of hope.
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