Meet Reverend Sekou, Preaching through Purpose-Driven Essays

Reverend Osagyefo Sekou, 41, is a religious leader who not only believes in social justice, but lives to achieve it.  In Sekou’s most recent book Gods, Gays and Guns: Essays on Religion and the Future of Democracy, he engages various religious community’s and challenges them to question the status quo from politics to relationships.  Sekou currently resides in Boston with his family, and we got a chance to speak to him.

Elan: Can you tell us a little bit about your professional background?

Osagyefo Sekou:  I am pastor who has spent most of my adult life as an organizer for social justice issues.   I also have been privileged to work along side the people of Haiti and New Orleans in their struggle to image a new world after their world has collapsed.