by Rev. Steve Montgomery (RSS) Uncategorized | June 16th, 2010 12:04am CDT | 1 Comment
When I first moved here 10 years ago next month to become pastor of a church, one long-time resident of Memphis (though not native to the Bluff City) sought to enlighten me about the challenges I would face. She said, “Memphis is a religious city, but not a spiritual one.” It took awhile for that [...]
by Rev. Steve Montgomery (RSS) Uncategorized | May 10th, 2010 4:59pm CDT | 5 Comments
This isn’t posted by Rev. Steve Montgomery, a regular contributor, but by someone moved by his sermon two weeks ago about social justice. If you have read us much, you know that we draw on faith to explain our concerns about cities and urban issues and to demonstrate that religion does not have to be [...]
by Rev. Steve Montgomery (RSS) Uncategorized | April 16th, 2010 12:58am CDT | 2 Comments
We all know of those lists which name Memphis as one of the worst: In Forbes’ mind, we are one of the most miserable cities. Other more objective surveys name us as one of the most obese, one of the poorest, one of the most violent, and most recently, the hunger capital of our country. [...]
by Rev. Steve Montgomery (RSS) Uncategorized | February 15th, 2010 11:15am CDT | 1 Comment
Being one of the most-churched cities in the country is a mixed bag. Certainly many of us are grateful for the comfort that faith communities can bring in times of personal distress, such as illness and death, and personal joys, such as weddings. There are times, however, when I wish that the faith communities could [...]
by Rev. Steve Montgomery (RSS) Uncategorized | December 17th, 2009 5:34pm CDT | 3 Comments
Being one of the most-churched cities in the country is a mixed bag. Certainly many of us are grateful for the comfort that faith communities can bring in times of personal distress, such as illness and death, and personal joys, such as weddings. There are times, however, when I wish that the faith communities could [...]
by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →
Photograph by Amie Vanderford
This ongoing series of photographs is intended to show the daily lives of these single mothers in order to invoke recognition of their similarities to all mothers, along with understanding and empathy from the viewer of the strengths that these single mothers possess within the challenging situations they face. My hope is that newfound empathy with these mothers’ lives will give people some pause before they condemn single mothers when discussing issues such as welfare and other politically charged hot buttons.
