Posts Tagged ‘Church’
Dear Church, I Write to Share a Recipe for Gumbo!
Dear Church, Given America’s polarized divisions, it’s time to make gumbo! As a proud native of New Orleans, I have absolutely no reservation in sharing that gumbo is my favorite…
Read MoreDear Church, I Can’t Hear You
Dear Church, Hello! Are you there? A social awakening is happening outside the walls of your well-constructed edifices. Do you not see it? Your people are hungry for change, yet…
Read MoreDear Church, God Bless America
Unclench your fists. Hold out your hands. Take mine. Let us hold each other. Thus is God’s Glory Manifest. “Epiphany,” Madeleine L’Engle Dear Church, God bless America? Really? Tragically, our…
Read MoreDear 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.…
Read MoreDear 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…
Read MoreDear 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…
Read MoreDear 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…
Read MoreDear Church, We are called to be reconcilers
Dear Church, You don’t have to do racial reconciliation alone. There’s a whole community ready, willing, and waiting for you to lead us through healing from the deep wounds we…
Read MoreDear Church, Let’s Break Bread and Drink Wine
Dear Church, Like every good preacher’s kid, I was due a crisis of faith somewhere between my late-teens and early twenties. I would not say that my relationship with Jesus…
Read MoreDear Church, Serve Alongside Others
Dear Church, I want to sit here and talk about the ways I wish the Church would do better. I want to rattle off the ways I wish people…
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