Ad Age is marking Pride Month 2024 with our Honoring Creative Excellence package, for which we asked members of the LGBTQ+ creative community to write about pivotal projects or turning points in their careers. (Read the introduction and all the essays here.) Today, guest editor Jenn Renoe turns the spotlight to Justin Burns, creative director at Digitas Health, who writes about leveraging the power of the sermon to advocate for love and acceptance among Southern Black communities of faith.