Unknowing Slaves

If you were born into slavery, and never heard or experienced freedom, do you think you would even know that you were a slave? When I was young, freedom was not the word that I would’ve associated with church. My parents made us go every Sunday, there were rules that we had to follow, and […]

Gripped with Fear

One of our members was commenting that everyone at work on Wednesday had been up all night worried about the election. When asked about her night, she responded that she went to sleep before the results. They asked her if she was afraid of what the outcome would be. Her answer was that she prayed […]

Why do we have to choose?

When I was young, I thought that being Christian meant that I was going to have to give up the things in life that I enjoyed – the things that made me fit in with my friends. I focused on how much I was going to have to change my life to become a good […]