Songs We Should Remember, Truth We Can't Forget: 50 Devotions from Negro Spirituals and Gospel Songs

by Chris Butler

Overview

Your Granny had more than "old time religion". She had a solid foundation of biblical truth. And much of it was passed down through the words of Black sacred music. The Spirituals and traditional Gospel songs that the old folks used to sing are filled with wonderful truth from the scripture and priceless heritage from the Black cultural tradition. Songs We Should Remember guides you through 50 days of devotional reading to explore and celebrate the rich biblical truth found in Black sacred music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540634863
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	11/24/2016
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.22(d)

About the Author

Chris Butler is the Lead Pastor at Chicago Embassy Church in Chicago, IL.

Chris is a husband, a father, and a business owner. As founder and CEO of Citizen Consulting Group, a public engagement consulting firm, Chris works with organizations to engage local communities in important conversations that impact issues of education and political reform. The core value of Chris' firm is really the core value of Chris' life..."We believe that working together everyday people can change the world".

In addition to pastoring, Chris recently founded the Chicago Peace Campaign to organize churches and other faith-based institutions to build peace networks in local communities. This 2009-2010 effort was effective in driving down violent incidents in some of the most difficult communities in Chicago. Chris is also a founder and former Executive Director of Parent Power Chicago, an organization dedicated to helping parents help their children by connecting them to meaningful resources, relationships and information. In his role at PPC Chris establish the Summer Program Fair where parents from across the city can access summer programing for their students and the Chicago School Fair, a first of it's kind event featuring ALL of Chicago's school options regardless of governance model (traditional public, charter, catholic and independent).

Chris has a Bachelors Degree in Civic and Political Engagement from Northeastern Illinois University. He has committed his life to seeing lives and communities transformed by the Gospel of Jesus and organized approached to solving problems together. Chris lives in the Kenwood community with his wife, Aziza and their three children.