slain in his sanctuary with eight wonderful members of his flock. to the families of the fallen, the nation shares in your grief. our pain cuts that much deeper because it happened in a church. the church is and always has been the center of african-american life. we do not know whether the killer of reverend pinckney and eight others knew all of this history. but he surely sensed the meaning of his violent act. an act that he presumed would deepen divisions that trace back to our nation's original sin. oh, but god works in mysterious ways.