Bowdoin & Geneva Community Walk - July 22d

Walking to Change

This walk was conducted in the Bowdoin and Geneva area of Dorchester – one of the most violent areas of the city.  I’m walking with Fathers Ahern and Conway, who lead St. Peter Roman Catholic Church on Bowdoin.  It is the anchor church for the large Cape Verdean community in the neighborhood.  This walk was …

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Walking the streets

  This is the the Rev. Ego Ezedi, the pastor of the Empowerment Church in Dorchester.  This pastor, without fail, walks the Bowdoin and Geneva area of Dorchester every summer along with his team of walkers.  Here he is shown in his element. To me, he is the embodiment of an anti-violent activist pastor.  The …

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Repairing the Breach

Although I’m still technically a little shaky about blogging in general, I am firm in why I want this work – I believe that faith groups have a critically important role to play in the reduction of violence in our cities. But our churches are largely absent in their emerging role. There’s a terrible disconnect …

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real talk

Soooo, one of the constant questions that I get from pastors is, “how do you connect with young people these days?”  It is often a dilemma that plagues those ministers (generally older) who have to “break the ice” and begin a process of engagement.  Ministers have asked me about how I would dress when I …