Stemming from the author's essay that appeared first in the Washington Post, this book is part-memoir, part-critique, part-analysis, and one man's complete and earnest reflections on a life in organized religion, its successes, its failures and ultimately what he sees as the greatest hope for its redemption. Writing to the 21st century American church at large, the grandson of a preacher and himself a licensed minister, he deals poignantly with gaping holes left in the community, particularly urban African-American communities, by Christian churches from which the author contends "the church" has become increasingly disconnected, even as the phenomenon of mega-churches has taken root across this nation. Personal, provocative and poignant.
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