After Ferguson, churches push for change
(The Christian Science Monitor) The hand-folded paper peace cranes that adorn the altar and pulpit at Christ the King United Church of Christ in Florissant, Missouri, a mostly black congregation near Ferguson, have been symbols of hope, peace, and solidarity for many churches across the country during times of national crisis.
The origami-like paper cranes came to Christ the King earlier this year from Old South Church in Boston, which had displayed them after the Boston Marathon bombing last year. Before that, the traveling peace symbols hung in the sanctuary of Newtown Congregational, following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012.
Such symbols took on added urgency after the decision of a Missouri grand jury, announced November 24, that it would not indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of black teen Michael Brown.
