Inadequate.  That about sums up how I feel these days.  Although ask Jordan, and he can tell you that I have expressed this burden before.  Often feeling as though I do not measure up, whether made to feel that way by exclusion in the areas I feel I have something to give, or bringing naivety to the table where I feel foolish at not having a helpful voice.  When it comes to injustices in our world, our involvement has been most often relegated to organizations to which we can consistently give financially, meanwhile putting more tactile efforts into our church leadership, or by looking to serve friends in need.  Though it has never felt enough.  I have struggled with not doing enough, and I struggle now with not knowing enough either.  The overwhelming burden that I have carried with me for years continues to manifest itself.  I am not new to guilt.  My inadequacy burdens me regularly.

All this coming from one who is inviting you into our living room on Friday evening.  A night that we are looking to engage with artists passionate about racial reconciliation through music and conversation.  And I feel inadequate to the task.  Yet I invite you into our [virtual] home knowing that I am not your ideal host.  My knowledge is flimsy, my history of action subpar, and my confidence meager.  Though perhaps that’s okay.  Perhaps there’s a bit in all of us that needs to recognize all that we do not know in order to know when to speak.  Perhaps before we can tend to what troubles us we need to first be willing to be troubled.

Welcome to our living room.  To where we make messes.  To where we raise our children.  To where we discuss hopes and failures.  Come on in.

Find event details and more on our featured artists by clicking the above banner..  We will be streaming  live via the above Facebook link on Friday, June 26th at 8pm CDT.

KATHRYN ALLISON | Northern New Jersey

SETH MERCER w/Adam Hill | Chicago, IL

THE MANY | Chicago, IL

MICHAEL FARROW | Buffalo, NY

NATHAN LUCREZIO | New York, NY

LUCREZIO | Aurora, IL