Wednesday Wanderers has started a new book: “The Cross and the Lynching Tree” by James Cone who was an American theologian, best known for his advocacy of black theology and black liberation theology. If you would like to join in let Pastor Rock know or call the church office so we can be sure to have enough copies of the book to go around.

The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk. Both the cross and the lynching tree represent the worst in human beings and at the same time a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning. While the lynching tree symbolized white power and "black death," the cross symbolizes divine power and "black life" God overcoming the power of sin and death. For African Americans, the image of Jesus, hung on a tree to die, powerfully grounded their faith that God was with them, even in the suffering of the lynching era.

See you at 10 AM this Wednesday!