Luther E. Smith Jr.
Westminster John Knox, 175 pages | Published November 7, 2023
In an interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates, talk show host Stephen Colbert asked if Coates had hope for our country. “No,” Coates replied. "But I’m not the person you should go to for that. You should go to your pastor. Your pastor provides you hope.”
I was shocked, but perhaps not surprised by Coates’ blunt assessment. And yet I was grateful that...