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Pastor Najuma Smith Pollard on Maintaining Faith in the Midst of Grief

Rev. Dr. Najuma Smith-Pollard shares her response to her son’s death by violence Surviving the death of a loved one is rarely easy. When that loved one is killed by the hands of another, the burden can be nearly unbearable. The Rev. Dr. D. Najuma Smith-Pollard, pastor of Word of Encouragement Community Church in Los Angeles, experienced that agonizing pain in October 2019 when her son Daniel, was shot down in Las Vegas. In the following edited interview with the Sentinel, she recalls the tragedy and shares how her faith continues to help her deal with life as a wife,