Dear Church, I’ve Been Avoiding This Conversation With You
Dear Church, I separated myself from you in late 2012. Until this summer, I had not stepped foot in my home church since November of 2013. I jokingly state that…
Dear Church, The 2020 Census will have a lasting Impact
Dear Church, By now you’ve heard that the 2020 Census will determine how much federal funding each community will get for healthcare, schools, housing, food assistance, and so much more.…
Dear Church, Do You Serve a God Who Sees?
I write to you not as a theologian but as a parishioner, a follower, and a friend. I acknowledge that while the “church” is made up of each of us;…
Dear Church, The Virus Attacking the Body of Christ
Dear Church, I am writing to you, sheltering in place with my family, from my home in Washington, D.C. in the midst of the 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has…
Dear Church, Make Room for Lament
Dear Church, I sit and write this letter in the confines of my home as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep through the entire world. If you wake up every…
Dear Church, Choose We Not I
Dear Church, I am always filled with a sense of wonder when I read the scriptural depiction of early church unity and the selfless manner in which first-century Christians served…
Dear Church, Resist Righteously
Dear Church, I am a righteous resistor. There are a number of passages that could relate to Black History Month, to the struggles that people of color and the marginalized…
Dear Church, Practice the Gospel
Dear Church, I’m not a local to New Orleans. I have lived here almost 6 years now, but it’s not my native city, it’s not the culture in which I…
Dear Church, Listen Beyond Your Racial Identity
I remember being perplexed five years ago by images I saw on the news of civil unrest in Ferguson, MO following the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed…
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