“God did not call me to be a property manager.” While I may not have spoken these words out loud, almost ten years ago they were definitely in my head! The words come from the time early in my career with Center for Transforming Communities (CTC) when I was fully resistant to any suggestion that my emerging role with the organization should include the oversight of an old church building. In 2008, I had been on a ten-year journey to claim the vocation that I felt God had give

Editor’s Note: Last month, CTC had the honor of hosting noted Civil Rights leader and pastor Rev. James Lawson for a special gathering of the Shalom Zones and our community supporters. In addition to his work during the height of the Civil Rights movement, Rev. Lawson was one of the visionaries behind the Communities of Shalom movement. This post contains an edited version of introductory remarks given by CTC’s board chair, Suzanne Bonefas, that evening, along with photos of