Louis Knowles is Interim Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, a multi-cultural congregation in Elmhurst, NY. He has worked on hunger issues, investment in cooperatives in developing nations, and medical care in India, all through ecumenical Christian organizations. Here in New York City, several hundred young Black and Latino
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Larissa Kwong Abazia serves as the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Forest Hills, NY, a multicultural, multiethnic congregation representing 25 countries. She has written a chapter in the forthcoming book, Streams Run Uphill: The Pastoral Identity and Ministry of the Other Clergywomen I am a product of the
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Claudio Carvalhaes, theologian, liturgist, performer, writer and activist, teaches at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, PA. I believe that this is one of the most important racial events that happened in this country recently, and that we must deal with it. This excerpt from a sermon I preached at Big
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Jerrod B. Lowry is a proud graduate of Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary of The Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, GA. After graduating he served as a tent maker; pastor at St. Paul PC (USA) in Louisburg, NC and Associate for Specialized Ministries for the Presbytery of New Hope. Jerrod
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The Reverend Nancy J. Benson-Nicol is the Associate for Gender and Racial Justice in Office of Gender and Racial Justice. Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they
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Cynthia Joe is an elder from Presbyterian Church in Chinatown in San Francisco, CA. She has served on the board of the Presbyterian, Health and Welfare Association (PHEWA) and Presbyterian Women’s Churchwide Coordinating Committee. While at the Big Tent, I attended the panel discussion of Racism, Church and Response to Trayvon Martin’s death..
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Race and Remembrance in light of Trayvon Martin Verdict. I don’t know how my mother walked her trouble down I don’t know how my father stood his ground I don’t know how my people survive slavery I do remember, that’s why I believe “I Remember, I Believe” by Bernice Johnson
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The following is reprinted exactly from CláudioCarvalhaes.com Dear Friends, Please see below the sermon I preached at Presbyterian Youth Triennium, July 20, 2013. In many ways it will frustrated you! that is because the sermon alone, here, cold, just won’t do it what id did. It is only the breath of
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