“Sometimes in our lives we all have pain, we all have sorrow. But if we are wise, we know that there is always tomorrow.” [Taken from the song, Lean On Me.] To think that in one short week, we have witnessed persons leaping from burning buildings, spouses calling to loved ones from hijacked airplanes, thousands of Americans entombed in an inferno, and the United States of America attacked in the first war of the 21st century well, it is more than our civilized souls can bear. We will not soon forget, nor can we fully comprehend all that is happening to us now. The horrors that are making history before our very eyes will haunt us for a lifetime.

In moments like these, we rightly seek comfort and counsel from our faith. It is good and right that in great numbers you have come to church tod…