"This whole week," said President Obama, "I've been reflecting on this idea of grace."
That was the turning point of Friday's eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, the Charleston, S.C. minister who was, with eight of his congregants, murdered by a racist terrorist two weeks ago. It was the moment a memorable speech became a speech for history.
"According to the Christian tradition," the president-turned-preacher explained, "grace is not earned, grace is not merited, it's not something we deserve. Rath
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