Fresh Eyes

     On Thursday, I had the honor to be interview by a friend from my high school days.  She works for a company that has seen business affected from COVID-19 and has recently seen that a lot of her clients are not supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and peaceful protests thereof.  She also noticed much of her clientele is white.  Suddenly, for her, an idea sparked.  What if she interviewed various white voices in leadership from various businesses that were supporting BLM and were actively protesting?  Her hope is to shed light on these white voices that were standing beside black voices to see very real change.  I thought I would share my thoughts on some of the questions she asked me. ---- What events/protests have you attended for Black Lives Matter?   Where were they located?   What compelled you to participate in a protest?  Have you ever protested before?     Recently, I participated in a...

I worry.   I am fearful.   My chest is heavy with it. I worry that everything will fall short.  The protests will come to an end.  Society will have its attention diverted elsewhere.  Then what?  Will we see another African-American human being killed and all this restarts again?  The very definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.  I think when you turn on the news, you are not only seeing peaceful protests as a result of the senseless murder of a man.  You are also seeing humans that are driven to the point of insanity either of not being heard, or worse, taking advantage of an already tense and chaotic situation. I am fearful that for my friends of color.  Great educators, coaches, advocates, caretakers, nurses, community servants, and the list goes on.  I look up to them for their struggle and bravery.  I pray for them when I think of them because I have also he...

     I am David Gaddy.  This is likely the fifth blog I have started.  My mind goes about 100 MPH and gets very distracted by shiny objects.  Thus, a new attempt at a practice of brain dumping, contemplation and self-reflection.  I am first a follower of the Way of Jesus.  I was asked recently if I am a "born-again or evangelical Christian."  Those terms can carry so much baggage for many people and honestly I carry some weird feelings with those terms as well.  I am also a husband, dad, pastor and math teacher.      For a long time, I believed that being a youth pastor or lead pastor was all that I was ever going to do with my life.  In 2018, things began.  My thoughts on theology and Christianity were changing, life was changing, and I could not seem to fit in to the church I was working in at the time.  After much soul searching, I left.  I dropped all that I knew to be as a calling and occupation ...