Bells Across New York

Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of that terrible 11th day of September that we know simply as 9-11.  Every year it makes us stop and remember where we were as we saw those unbelievable images unfold on TV (or before your very eyes in NYC).  It has now been long enough that there is a generation of high school freshmen who were born on or after that day.  Of course, the entire class of current high schoolers were too young to remember much of anything.  So it is important we help them remember.

At the 9-11 memorial there was the annual telecast of the solemn ceremony of reading the names of those who lost their lives in that explosion of terror.  At the moment each tower was hit they paused for a moment of silence.  Then in that silence the large bell on our bell tower began to peal steadily and powerfully.  I opened the door of our house to listen.  I remembered that Terry had programmed the bell to peal at the moment of each of that day's horrible moments.  I was able to go outside and record the one that rang at 9:59 am, which was the moment that the South Tower collapsed.

Maybe you heard bells ring out yesterday morning wherever you may have been as these moments came and went.  Time is moving on, but the memory of that day is still powerful.  After that day our country went to war and many, many more lives were lost, so when we ring the bells on 9-11, we should remember all the innocent victims of war and violence.  Including those running for their lives across Europe.

I invite you to play the video above and say a prayer for peace in our world and sanctuary for all God's children.

See you in Church,
Pastor Dale