On 9/11, preachers find no easy words

(RNS) Standing in the pulpit on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, what do
you say?

For clergy called upon to preach that day, which falls on a Sunday,
the challenge can be connecting with a congregation that might have
already moved beyond the tragedy.

But in many congregations other realities will dominate: people in
the pews who lost family on 9/11; Muslims who have suffered a backlash
since the attacks; soldiers who are still fighting wars set off by the
events of that crisp September day.