Daily Connector | Part III Repent. Repair. Real Estate (?!?)| Brent Miller
Imagine that you are black and living in a small, tight-knit neighborhood near an old coal mine where about 4 or 5 families have inhabited a group of 25-30 houses for the better part of the last 75 years. Imagine that the city surrounding you was growing and expanding its…
Church and experiment
There’s quite a bit coming out now regarding the one year mark of the pandemic. This week marks one year since we’ve worshiped together in person on a Sunday morning – or, as our daughter Lily is now calling face-face interactions – “non-virtual.” Interesting how the reference point for normal…
Daily Connector | Reparations Committee Part III | JoAnn Knapke
I am a watcher: a stand-at-the-side onlooker. Definitely NOT a do-er. All my life I have been more comfortable being a wallflower—someone who is out of the spotlight. Ever since our church started focusing on racial justice issues, I have felt more compelled to start doing SOMETHING. So besides being…
Daily Connector | Part II. Repent Repair. Real Estate(?!?) | Brent Miller
About a week ago an article from the National Association of REALTORS® hit my inbox and caught my attention. The title of the article was, “NAR Study Underscores Commitment to Racial Equality” and pulled heavily from a report that the National Association of REALTORS® published. The report, “Snapshot of Race…
