QUOTE: "I have prayed for [Scott Roeder]. I don't know that everyone is able to pray for him right now. I don't know about human forgiveness and if and when that would ever come from some of the folks who have been most deeply hurt by this. … [The counseling we've brought in from crisis intervention experts is] certainly not going to wash the issue away, but it will begin to help us voice some of the things that we're wrestling with, and then turn our sights to healing and recovery and hope. … It's just encouraging to know that we're not alone as we try to do this. One of the things, as people of faith, that is so great is to know that in those times when you're struggling, there's so many folks that are offering to carry you along. … [This Sunday], we'll gather for worship this weekend and sing songs and say prayers and hear Scripture and savor the promises of God, as we always do." —Lowell Michelson, senior pastor of Reformation Lutheran Church, on the fatal shooting at his church last Sunday of late-term abortion provider George Tiller. Scott Roeder, who is charged with killing Tiller in the church foyer, attended services that morning prior to allegedly shooting the doctor, who also served as an usher in the church and was handing out bulletins at the time. [kansascity.com, 6/3/09; AP 6/4/09]
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