COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Jerry Revish is a familiar face. He's been on 10TV News for more than 40 years. Now, after retiring as an anchor, he spends more time preaching.
He says now more than ever people need to understand each other, find love and compassion.
At this Sunday's service at Unity Temple Church of God in Christ, Pastor Jerry Revish is sharing a message he wants all people to hear.
"It’s beyond skin color, it’s about the sin that’s created when prejudice and bias and bigotry and discrimination has free reign in our country and its had that for way too long," he says.
He says during this trying time, people have turned to him with many questions and concerns.
"I don’t know how to feel about all of this. I don’t know your anger I feel upset I feel depressed I feel confused what’s going on here, how is God allowing all of this to happen," he explains of questions people would ask him.
Revish says meantime, he's felt the desire to help and communicate.
"As far as I’m concerned it’s my desire to make sure that our voices get heard. We’ve got to make some change we’ve got to talk to the folks at City Hall and police some of that is going on. The church needs to be more out front on that," he explains, "The Bible tells us to be angry and you don’t want your anger to turn toxic for you and change who you are."
He says what people should be is open-minded.
And with the recent protests, he's seen something different, something he believes will cause gradual change.
"When I see these demonstrators and protesters locking arms and walking together black white yellow-brown all of them working together there’s a diversity now of people a diversity of support That is emerging out of all of this. And so many more young people are getting involved," he says, "I’m so glad for these protests. I am not happy about the violence and the destruction. That’s criminality. But the protests are talking about things that need to be talked about."
People of all ages, cultures, and races, coming together in support on a global scale.
"We as black people have lived with this situation our whole lives and even our children do too so this is nothing new for us. We’ve always been protesting about it and complaining but now we’re seeing others," Revish explains.
He says it comes down to compassion and love, which can break down a lot of barriers.
"We have to take the person for who they are and try to understand them. We don’t talk the same we don’t look the same we don’t dress the same but we are children of God. So on that score, we are all the same," he says.