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Opinion: An open letter to Memphis and a farewell

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:00:14 -0500

“For my final column, I wanted to write a letter to Memphis, to the city I love and that has made so much of my story possible,” Narcisse said.

Opinion: Do Christianity and Christ go hand in hand?

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:48:23 -0500

“When Christians support “snatching persons off street corners, separating families, trafficking in racist dog-whistles and preaching a message of us vs. them in a zero sum game, I struggle to see Christ in that.”

Opinion: History is a useful teacher for present and future

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:52:21 -0500

“Telling the truth about what we’ve done, how we’ve hurt, what we’ve built and where we are going is always hard and troublesome work.”

Opinion: How will the images from Los Angeles shape the rising generation?

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 08:31:26 -0500

“This week (today’s teenagers) saw the military apparatus of their country deployed against their fellow citizens under the guise of ‘serving and protecting.’”

Narcisse: Hope is not faring well these days

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 18 May 2025 04:00:09 -0500

“I don’t think hope is what we need in Memphis right now. I don’t even think a disciplined hope is the answer. Rather we need hope joined to action and plain old stubbornness. We need courage.”

Narcisse: 'God in the mundane moments of life'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:08:11 -0500

“Following Christ means looking at the decisions Jesus made, how he made his way in the world and wrestling with what that looks like for me.”

Narcisse: Giving up more than just chocolate this Lent

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Tue, 1 Apr 2025 19:10:25 -0500

Lent should unsettle our belief we’ve done anything to justify what we have and what others do not. And that, I believe, is a way of life worth living.

Narcisse: 'Truth, contested and unreliable'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 04:00:13 -0600

“There will be much to unsettle us in the days to come. Clandestine raids on small businesses in our community. Vulnerable neighbors who become prisoners in their own home.”

Narcisse: Five questions to ask at the beginning of every new year

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 04:00:14 -0600

“But for those who believe in a god or who would rather replace the word ‘God’ with more personally useful thoughts or phrases, I think these questions still invite reflection.”

Narcisse: Christmas is not found under the tree; it is within us

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 18:29:40 -0600

Christmas is and must be within each of us lived out in our decisions, the daily decision to risk sharing of our life with another for the sake of our life together.

Narcisse: Holidays bring a complex mix of emotions, memories and pressures

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Mon, 9 Dec 2024 18:18:03 -0600

Joshua Henry Narcisse: This year I am a widower. And I am approaching these coming weeks with curiosity. I am interested to see what these hard and happy days will bring.

Narcisse: The art of letting go

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sat, 9 Nov 2024 22:55:24 -0600

“When patients meet with me on the edge of or amid crisis, my job is to help them to see that among the broken pieces, something remains. Often, that is the choice to let go.”

Narcisse: 'Let's grab a cup of coffee'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 04:00:06 -0500

“Let’s bring the conflict of the comments section into a community that learns how to wrestle together, not to be right but to be helped.”

Narcisse: 'How can you continue to believe ... there is a God?'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 04:00:13 -0500

“On Thursday, May 23, my wife, Kayana Reñeé Marks Narcisse, died. She was 32 years old.”

Narcisse: 'It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where our children are?'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 19 May 2024 04:00:07 -0500

“Accounting for the lives, time and experiences of the young people in our community is not the sole responsibility of parents. We are each responsible.”

Narcisse: child homelessness is growing and that should concern us all

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:21:29 -0500

Far too many people, including children, in Memphis continue to end up on the streets, living in cars out of the parking lots of libraries and Walmarts and disappearing into the background of the hustle and bustle of this city.

Narcisse: Guns to Gardens is something everybody can get behind

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 14:50:12 -0500

“I was under no illusions that this one event would stem the tide of gun-related violence in our city, but I showed up to move the needle on an issue that touches each of us.”

Narcisse: Love is too crucial to commercialize

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:00:04 -0600

Opinion: When we make external human love the only source of love we receive, we are in dangerous territory.

Narcisse: 'Faith and Memphis go hand-in-hand'

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:00:13 -0600

“Communities of faith across this city remind us we are not alone and give us courage to hope together in the face of real problems and persistent hurts.”

Narcisse: Advent's light glows for brighter days

futrisa@churchhealth.org (Joshua Henry Narcisse) — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:00:03 -0600

“Heading into a new year, where much ahead lies unknown, the discipline of waiting on the light to break through in our personal lives, and in our community, is a lesson not just for the final days of December, but for each day that is to come.”