If you go
› What: “Tending Angels” Songs & Stories book release.› When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24.› Where: First Christian Church, 650 McCallie Ave.› Admission: Free; books and CDs will be for sale.› Website: www.sherrycothran.com.
Don’t look for recent Chattanooga transplant Sherry Cothran to introduce herself as a rock star. Even if she has the credentials.
Next Saturday, Feb. 24, a coffeehouse-style concert and book release will give her new neighbors a glimpse of the life she once led, though Cothran insists the dual roles of rock star and Methodist minister have been within her for as long as she can remember.
“I’m not sure you have to leave one to find the other ” says a blog post on her website.
“Sure, I found plenty of things to run from in the rock star life,” she writes. “Drugs, alcohol, manipulation and greed rank among the top issues that I encountered. I also found human frailty, vulnerability, love and compassion. I soon learned in the pastorate that one does not escape these issues in churches; there are just human issues and human struggles. One does not become a part of a church to escape; one comes to be a part of a faith community to truly live.”