“Population: One”
When petrochemical plants overtook a historically black community in Louisiana, its residents were forced to leave one by one. But Stacey Ryan refused to go. Mossville: When Great Trees Fall is a documentary about Ryan’s commitment and resistance to environmental racism. Passion River Films.
Benediction
In The Last Pastor: Faithfully Steering a Closing Church, Gail Cafferata highlights the voices of 130 pastors who have served churches in their final days. Drawing from personal experience and interviews, Cafferata’s book features lessons learned from challenging situations. Westminster John Knox Press.
Look Elsewhere
Puerto Rican pastor and activist Marlena Graves shares about the process of selfless transformation in The Way Up Is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself. Embracing traditions from Eastern and Western theology, Graves shows readers how to become who God has already made them to be. IVP.
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