Judith Rhedin, Laura Evans, and the Rev. Jim Harrington are all contributors to a book just published, Preaching Black Lives Matter, edited by the Rev. Gayle Fisher-Stewart, interim rector of the historic St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. The book is a collection of sermons, essays, and reflections about race—sermons that, for many, are risky to preach and essays and reflections that advocate for Black lives in the Church and society.
Judith, Laura, and Jim were three of seven pilgrims from St. James’ who traveled to Alabama to experience the Civil Rights trail for five days in May 2019, with Rev. Gayle and forty-four others—mostly Episcopalians, black and white, gay and straight, lay and clergy. Gwen Chance, Ora Houston, Margot Marshall, and Christy Nisbett were the other four from St. James’. Rev. Gayle hopes that this collection will contribute to beginning and continuing conversations for people who are “open to hearing voices that challenge, voices that cry out for God’s justice in this time and in this place.”
