NC Author/Blogger Offers Tips on Faith-based Racial Reconciliation

Linda Leigh Hargrove brings more than a decade of experience as a writer and facilitator to crafting user-friendly reconciliation resources for the church community.

North Carolina novelist and blogger Linda Leigh Hargrove offers a series of easy-to-follow tip sheets for the faithful. Her goal? To equip church folks with the tools needed to form world-changing cross-racial/cultural connections in their communities and churches. Hargrove uses experiences gleaned from more than ten years of leading group discussions and facilitating panels on reconciliation and racism in the church. When asked about her views on racial reconciliation in an online interview with Takiela Bynum of BooksALatte.com, Hargrove shared, “There has to be some active communication. Not just talking at each other but talking to the point that it brings you closer back together into a healthy relationship. It involves trust, being sincere, and being intentional.” The tips, available for download at LLHargrove.com are free one-page files (in Adobe pdf format). Hargrove, inspired by Jesus's prayer for oneness in John 17, will produce a series of 17 tip sheets. About Linda Leigh Hargrove: Ms. Hargrove co-led racial reconciliation discussion groups and conducted panels on racism in the church for more than a decade. Her published writings include two novels: The Making of Isaac Hunt (June 2007) and Loving Cee Cee Johnson (September 2008). She blends suspense, humor, and faith into compelling stories about race and class in America. The former environmental engineer currently resides in Greensboro, North Carolina with her husband and three sons where she operates 1721 Media, LLC, a graphic design company catering to small and medium sized nonprofits and small businesses. Visit her online at LLHargrove.com or 17Seeds.com. To schedule a media appearance, speaking engagement, or book reading, call 336-454-4545.