by jakeowensby | Jun 30, 2023 | Matthew 11:16-30, Proper 9 A
They are community centers. Apartment buildings and restaurants. Abandoned, decaying shells. Former worshippers used to call them church. The authors of Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society tell us that up to 10,000 churches close each year in the United...
by jakeowensby | Jul 8, 2017 | Matthew 11:16-30, Proper 9 A
Fifty-six years ago John Lewis used a whites-only restroom in Jackson, Mississippi. Police arrested him and authorities sent him to Parchman Prison. Parchman is the state’s only maximum security prison for men. Lewis entered that restroom to protest racism in America....
