Why I'm Not Writing My Story- An Author's Journey
(Dana Amihere/LAist) In late October or early November, Steve Reiser, my pastor at Epworth United Methodist Church, asked me if I wanted to write for Black Voices Unveiled . It was a first-time event presented by Minnesota Annual Conference’s Commission on Race and Religion / Racial Reconciliation Movement partnered with Black Methodists for Church Renewal. I hesitated to commit at first because I didn’t know what to write nor why I was writing it. I was full of questions with no answers. So I contacted Shawn Moore -- a pastor at Living Spirit UMC, one of the organizers, and someone I somewhat knew -- with an email bombarding him with all my questions about writing guidelines, theme, genre, audience, purpose, deadline, and more. Ron Bell, a pastor at Camphor United Methodist Church and another organizer of the event, responded with answers to five of my many questions: The deadline – November 13 Theme – “ give voice to the current social condition we find ourselves” Purpose – “hel