“The message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God….But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God." — 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 It continues to be heart-rending as we bear witness