The pulpit shook beneath him as Rev. Howard-John Wesley of Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, stood behind the microphone. His face was taut with conviction. The choir stood robed in crimson and gold behind him. The sanctuary was alive with.

Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks during a July 24 rally to protest against redistricting hearings at the Texas Capitol.   Eric Gay/Associated Press Though our democracy may be in crisis, we believe, as the Psalmist does in Psalm 27, that we.

“From the White House, the president sees a lawless wasteland. We beg to differ. We see fellow human beings … each made in the image of God,” the interfaith statement read. It’s a tradition as old as the Black church itself: preachers.