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The Audacity Of Faith

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The sermon that Pastor Harkins delivered during the First Family's visit to our church, For Such A Time As This, is the 33rd chapter of this popular and important new book.

Notes From A Recent Review Of The Audacity Of Faith:
"In The Audacity of Faith, Marvin A. McMickle has brought together a diverse and talented group of voices to reflect on the election of the first African American president of the United States. One can get inspired, informed, and indicted by reading the brief essays in this book. While one is cheered by the hope that President Obama's election has brought to our country, one is also reminded by these essays that we have not yet reached the promised land and that God's work is still ours to do." —Walter B. Shurden, Minister at Large, Mercer University

This rich and passionate compilation offers sermons and essays from religious leaders across the Christian landscape, all reflecting on the historic 2008 election of Barack Obama as 44th President of the United States of America. Editor Marvin A. McMickle asked contributors:

1. Does a black man in the White House signify our arrival in the Promised Land—or do we still have a long way to go in pursuit of liberty and justice for all?

2. To what extent might Barack Obama’s election represent a fulfillment of Martin Luther King’s dream?

3. What words of prophetic challenge can we offer to President Obama?

Don't miss the opportunity to read this enriching new book.

The Agitator's Daughter

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About the Author

This book was written by a member of our congregation, Sheryll Cashin. She is Professor of Law at Georgetown University, teaches Constitutional Law and Race and American Law, among other subjects. She writes about race relations and inequality in America. Her new book, The Agitator’s Daughter: A Memoir of Four Generations of One Extraordinary African-American Family (PublicAffairs, 2008) traces the arc of American race relations through generations of her family. Her book, The Failures of Integration (PublicAffairs, 2004) was an Editors’ Choice in the New York Times Book Review and a finalist for the 2005 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for non-fiction.

Cashin has published widely in academic journals and written commentaries for several periodicals, including the L.A. Times, Washington Post, and Education Week. She has appeared on NPR All Things Considered, The Diane Rehm Show, The Tavis Smiley Show, The Newshour With Jim Leher, CNN, BET, ABC News, and numerous local programs.

Professor Cashin worked in the Clinton White House as an advisor on urban and economic policy, particularly concerning community development in inner-city neighborhoods. She was law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Judge Abner Mikva of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. She graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. As a Marshall Scholar, she went on to receive a masters in English Law, with honors, from Oxford University in 1986 and a J.D., with honors, from Harvard Law School, in 1989, where she was a member of the Harvard Law Review.

Cashin was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, where her parents were political activists. She is married to Marque Chambliss and the mother of twin boys, Logan and Langston.

Selected Reviews
Washington Post, July, 23, 2008
“In the smoothly written "The Agitator's Daughter," Sheryll Cashin, a law professor at Georgetown University, adds her firsthand experiences as a participant and witness to civil rights history to enliven the text with a close and often heartbreaking point of view.”

Flavour Magazine, Summer 2008
“Cashin’s clear-eyed assessment of what it’s like to live in a family of civil rights activists that goes back four generations: her father’s fierce love for her and her own love but exasperation with him, the toll that fighting for a cause can take on people and their families, and, most importantly, the powerful pull a family’s oral history – its “lore,” as Cashin puts it – can have on the destinies of its members.”

Denise Nichols, Washington Post, July 23, 2008
“Books of family lore -- part oral history, part anecdote with loads of juicy tidbits from diaries and journals, engaging old photographs, newspaper quotes and entries from the public record -- serve to put meat on the bones of history. In the smoothly written "The Agitator's Daughter," Sheryll Cashin…adds her firsthand experiences as a participant and witness to civil rights history to enliven the text with a close and often heartbreaking point of view.”