Marjory Wentworth

This New Year, ‘Make Emanuels out of all of us’

By Lauren Markoe — January 1, 2017
CHARLESTON, S.C. (RNS) As the trial of church shooter Dylann Roof moves into its sentencing phase this week, South Carolina's poet laureate recalls what she witnessed in the courtroom: devastation and heartache, bravery and grace.

A year after the Charleston church shooting, what has changed?

By Lauren Markoe — June 8, 2016
(RNS) Trying to start a race war, a gunman killed nine black people at Mother Emanuel church. For some in Charleston, it was a test of faith.
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