Faith amid the tremors

Faith amid the tremors

St. Louis is no stranger to shaking ground — literally and figuratively. We live on the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones, fault lines that remind us that life gets shaken at unexpected times. Add to that the tremors of gun violence, poverty, eviction and a mental health crisis, and you don’t have to wait for an earthquake to feel the ground move. And yet, Psalm 46 declares: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in troubl…