Instead, she says, people who were moved by the deaths of Tywanza and the other victims should respond with love. I taught her well.”It was in that hearing that she learned about forgiveness, its power and its challenge. Thompson had hoped to attend the Bible study that night, but Myra told him not to. “Forgiveness is power,” she said, sitting in her North Charleston home. [How Obama’s remarkable Charleston eulogy showed his roots in the black church]They kept in touch over the years.

Source: Washington Post June 17, 2016 10:34 UTC