My father was a Presbyterian minister, working among the poor in West Virginia. He had taken what amounted to a vow of poverty when… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are mentally ill.… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
I went off to a school with the children of CEOs and diplomats. To be able to be at home with that group of… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
I have to confess that there have been some times when I was less than glad to be a minister, and some Sundays still… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
Washington is a great international city and in the congregation we have people who are rich and poor, black and white, and from every… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
I dropped out of school for a semester, transferred to another college, switched to an art major, graduated, got married, and for a while… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
I began to pray those same fervent prayers, lying in bed at night, hoping to see a scroll unrolled from the ceiling with a… — James Green Somerville Copy Share Image
