The Rev. Ross Johnson, director of LCMS Disaster Response, surveys the burned-out shell of the Family Dollar store on Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis. Protesters in Ferguson are angrier than they were when Michael Brown was shot, but that’s all the more reason for “God’s ambassadors” to be there, Johnson said: “People need to see that the church is present in times of turmoil.” (LCMS/Erik M. Lunsford)
