Spiritual Gumbo for the Hungry Heart

About the Book

Spiritual Gumbo is a book based on the testimonies of ordinary people who are members and friends of Agape Community Church in Lancaster, California.  These testimonies are expressed through essays, poetry, short stories and sermons.  There are even a few recipes thrown in for flavor.

                    The naming of the book came from the finished manuscript which had a mixture of ingredients like a dish called gumbo.  Gumbo is, "soup you can bite" or sink your teeth into.

                     The ingredients in spiritual gumbo came from imperfect people who share how Jesus Christ has impacted and changed their lives.  Spiritual Gumbo is for "unpeople".  Unpeople are the unconcerned, the unspiritual, the unchurched and those who consider themselves unreachable. 

                       Spiritual Gumbo for the Hungry Heart is best experienced when read slowly over a period of time or it can be gobbled down in one sitting.  If reading is exercise for the mind then reading Spiritual Gumbo is food for a hungry heart.  It is a book you can sink your teeth into!

About the Author

     A native of Louisville, Kentucky, Pastor Todd received his love for writing from his grandmother Carrie D. Moody. He attended Howard University, Simmons College of Kentucky and has received a masters and doctorate degrees in divinity and practical theology from Master's Divinity School.  He and his wife Donna live in California where he is the Senior Pastor of Agape

Community Church.  In their spare time they enjoy driving to the ocean and watching the sunset.