Category: Lament

By Rebecca Lewis, STJ vestry member— CHALLENGE (Becoming aware): As we celebrate the approval of COVID vaccines and await their rollout, it is important to remember

– by Bill Rowley Challenge Growing up, I knew of only one illustrious ancestor, a general in the Continental Army during the Revolution. One year,

By Karen Mahan CHALLENGE. I’ve been listening to Dr. Anita Philips on the “African American tradition of prayer.” (See link below). She speaks of the

By Jennifer B. CHALLENGE. Until the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the majority of Southern African Americans were prevented from voting by

By John Hare— Challenge. In my last sermon, which was about wrestling with God, I talked about an example from British history, and the transatlantic

By Michele Sigg– Challenge Strange FruitSung by Billie Holiday Southern trees bear a strange fruitBlood on the leaves and blood at the rootBlack bodies swingin’

By Shancia J.— Challenge:  Housing advocates struggle to debunk stigmas that suggest that inviting low-income households and families of color into wealthy suburban communities depreciates

By Michele Sigg.—The Spirit of God has been at work in our community in the past several months, stirring in our hearts a searching desire