Rev. Zach

2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Matthew 28:16-20 A friend of mine sent an email to a clergy support group that I am a part of. The title was ‘Atlanta is Burning.” Having been raised in a civil war town where battles are re-enacted annually and a museum boasts participation in a Southern victory over a Northern supply route, I can tell you that phrase is a little triggering for me but maybe not in the way you might expect. When I was a child, my family watched the annual broadcasts of “Gone With The Wind” as though it were a sacred duty. I even remember the last time we watched it because I asked if I had to watch it. Of course, I was told no. Watching it was just something that we had always done together, but it wasn’t required. I was also raised with a revisionist history taught in school that essentially said, “Slavery was bad, but some masters were nice, and some were even black. Oh, lynchings also happened, but Civil Rights and Affirmative Action leveled the playing field, so everyt...