The treatment of a black youth for a broken tail light, a black friend’s struggles, and her large congregation’s low turnout for the ELCA’s second webcast on racism leaves Michelle DeRusha, an ELCA member and blogger for the Huffington Post, writing that she’s not “cool” with her “96 percent white church.” To read her blog, click here.
The gift of community
Though I’ve often lived alone, I’m drawn to community and connection. I’ve been blessed to take part in many Christian communities, some for an intense, two-week period of formation and…