Knute Huber was raised Catholic, married in an Episcopal church, and served as president of a Lutheran church council.

He no longer goes to church on Sundays.

Instead, a new spot in his yard is, in a way, his church.

“I'm telling you, this is not my idea. There's too many facts that tell me it's not my idea. Most people may not believe that, but it only works one way,” he said of the chain of events that led him to set up a memorial honoring people who have been hurt by gun violence.

Inspired by a string of unrelated conversations and what he believes to be a vision, Huber has set up in the front yard of his Oregon home a memorial called Gift of Tears. It’s a sandy spot with a circle of 16 chairs around a table made from an old door. It honors all types of gun violence, representing vi

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