Former pro athlete turns Charleston tragedy into mission for unity
When the unthinkable happens, we struggle to find words, to make sense of the senseless. After the brutal, racially motivated killing of his mother and eight other parishioners at Charlestonâs Mother Emanuel AME Church on June 17, 2015, Chris Singleton tried hard to make peace with it and looked to some prominent thinkers for insight. While the tragedy will never make sense, Singleton eventually found inspiration in the words of Texas Pastor Charles Swindoll, whom he paraphrased in a powerful and inspiring presentation at Piedmont Technical Collegeâs annual Black History Month Unity...