Rev. Joshua Henry Narcisse is director of spiritual care at Church Health and serves as parish associate at Idlewild Presbyterian Church. He is co-host of “The Mystic”, a monthly discussion forum hosted at Crosstown Concourse, and he lives in Downtown Memphis.
There are 8 articles by Joshua Henry Narcisse :
Far too many people, including children, in Memphis continue to end up on the streets, living in cars out of the parking lots of libraries and Walmarts and disappearing into the background of the hustle and bustle of this city.
“I was under no illusions that this one event would stem the tide of gun-related violence in our city, but I showed up to move the needle on an issue that touches each of us.”
Opinion: When we make external human love the only source of love we receive, we are in dangerous territory.
“Communities of faith across this city remind us we are not alone and give us courage to hope together in the face of real problems and persistent hurts.”
“Heading into a new year, where much ahead lies unknown, the discipline of waiting on the light to break through in our personal lives, and in our community, is a lesson not just for the final days of December, but for each day that is to come.”
“Transitions offer us time and again the opportunity to choose well how we will be and how we will respond to the world around us when we are not in charge.”
“I wonder, if we resist the urge to focus on the transactions and lean into grace, might we smooth our path forward into becoming a city where everyone is seen, heard, and cherished as a gift.”
“How do we describe our emotional response to the constant barrage that shapes so many days in Memphis? Weariness, that feeling that asks how we can keep enduring more of the same brokenness?”
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