Today marked the tenth anniversary of the the shooting at Wedgwood Baptist Church. While I was not there that night, that evening and the events that happened in its wake will probably stand as one of the most life-shaping events of my life. I have a difficult time believing that so many years have passed, that so many things have happened since then. It was a galvanizing moment in many ways, brining people together in ways that have lasted for almost a decade.

I haven't actually talked to anyone today from that time in my life; I haven't been sure how to broach the topic with friends who were there or with friends who weren't and who remain at the church all these years later. I did kind of talk to my students about it this past week in the context of the problem of evil. It was a weird moment, things real but so far gone.

You can check out the original 48 Hours news piece here. The segment starts at the 3:50 mark.

You can also check out a recent news article from the Star-Telegram here. The article has a link to a slide show of that evening with voice-overs by Pastor Al and a relative of the gunman.

To the right is a news segment from a Fort Worth channel about the shooting. One of the women interviewed is the daughter of some of my closest friends in Fort Worth. She seemed barely a high school students all those years ago.