US Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrat from Georgia, arrives onstage to speak on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. | Source: MANDEL NGAN / Getty
My father once preached a sermon titled, “Does Your Conduct Match Your Holy Calling?” I know about it because even though I was very young when it was delivered, he talked about it often. The COGIC pastor that he is, he meant individual sin. But me, agnostic and non-churgoing...