https://www.rev-verdis.com/home daily 1.0 2025-08-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b08390c6b0c8363c7df9f3/beb160e7-02e5-446a-a22d-fd61cac37931/JCL_8156W-3.jpg https://www.rev-verdis.com/home/modern-archive-tx7cc monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b08390c6b0c8363c7df9f3/61ea58c2-e635-4346-b003-a137e526affd/Screen+Shot+2023-01-07+at+12.17.38+PM.png Home - Theology - Make it stand out Ernie Barnes, “Friendly Friendship Baptist Church” 1994. Photo by Victoria L. Valentine (click image for original source.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b08390c6b0c8363c7df9f3/4cf4aa4e-4293-416b-8d04-7bada2e6dff7/IMG_4914.JPG Home - Theology - “To acknowledge our ancestors means we are aware that we did not make ourselves, that the line stretches all the way back, perhaps to God; or to Gods. 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Sermons included. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b08390c6b0c8363c7df9f3/3c041d60-330e-47a9-b801-ae995005b057/Untitled+%28800+%C3%97+450+px%29+%285%29.png Home - Sermons & Worship - Make it stand out Click on the image above to watch my debut as Artistic Director, December 2022. https://www.rev-verdis.com/home/everyday-beauty-fpjcb monthly 0.5 2025-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63b08390c6b0c8363c7df9f3/9dbb3c2a-5a5f-431d-a5a5-bca230de9156/CC4D.jpeg Home - Social Justice & Community - The work was an effort I began as the national director of The Democracy Commitment (TDC) in 2016. 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