I pastor a small church in the Northern Virginia town of Haymarket. It is an insanely financially prosperous area. The average household income in our zip code is north of $150K a year. Everything around here is shiny, upscale and new (unless of course it’s historical). Even the side walk in town is new, they tore up the perfectly good (and seemingly not very old) sidewalk along the main street to install a brand new and more aesthetically pleasing red brick walkway. I grew up on the Northside of Pittsburgh, and even though we moved to a small apartment “out where the rich people lived” when I was in high school, none of this is familiar.… Continue reading