Remembering George Floyd: An Open Letter to my White (Church) Brethren who Reached Out “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? …Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” ( Jesus. Matthew 10: 29-30) Dear Brethren: (I use the term for brevity. I also mean sistren). The pain-filled days since George Floyd was brutally killed by a White Police Officer have been a roller coaster of emotions for all of us. I have felt the solace of your comforting words as I grieved for another Black man cut down in his prime by a system that was supposed to protect him, a man that could just as easily have been my son; my brother; or my friend. We have confessed to each other the anger we feel; the frustration; the helplessness that so often threatens hope. You have summoned grace in the face of times when the Black mother and Resister in me probably made you uncomfortable. You understood. And you pressed in. As one of you said in an email to me: “We could see and hear your h...