Lenny Duncan
Author
Publisher
Broadleaf Books
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
xvi, 170 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Lenny Duncan's memoir about growing up Black and queer in the United States. He recounts his experiences hitchhiking across the country, spending tim in solitary confinement, battling addiction, and discovering a deep faith.
Author
Publisher
Fortress Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
vii, 158 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Lenny Duncan is an unlikely pastor. Formerly incarcerated, formerly homeless, and formerly unchurched, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America [ELCA]. Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make the headlines, but Duncan connects the church's lack of diversity to its lack of vitality. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers...