Apprentice 2 Jesus

Racism

  • The conversation about “whiteness”

    Well, since people have been asking me about this journey of mine concerning racism… Read more

  • Sitting on porches and learning

    I have been part of the Renovare Book Club this season. It’s an online discussion group that picks four books in a school year to read together and discuss online (or have a group if you can find enough people locally). The selections this year were compelling (starting with a biography of my spiritual hero… Read more

  • We don’t talk about sin much anymore

    These are the opening two paragraphs in David Brooks’ recent column in the New York Times. The column is hard hitting and thoughtful and will be incredibly controversial (if anyone will pay attention). But those opening two paragraphs are stunning: Read more

  • Significant moments

    There are moments in time when I sense something special is happening. I had a sense of that last night. Read more

  • Why we need to keep working past #MLKDay

    Leading up to Martin Luther King Day is becoming more of a sacred habit for me. On MLK Day, as well, I will read “Letter from a Birmingham jail” just to kick my weak motivation into a higher gear. This year I was able to add in participating in MLK ceremonies. And it’s not enough. Read more

  • Paul’s letter to American Christians — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  • The complacency of the white church

    The week leading up to the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday is becoming increasingly important to me. (NOTE: Moving to Alabama has it’s jarring effects on just how deep the issue of racism still runs in our nation. Monday will be “Robert E. Lee Day” in Alabama and Mississippi.) Read more

  • True justice is not into shaming “the other side”

    Today’s cultural environment has a call for “justice.” The danger is that in some segments, that call is also coupled with a “calling out” meant to shame a particular person and drive them from our visual existence. David Brooks has an excellent column HERE to dive into that segment. Justice has to move past vengeance… Read more

  • The meaning of nonviolent resistance

    I was able to pick up a copy of A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. while visiting the National Civil Rights Museum last year. It is a powerful compendium of Dr. King’s work in his words, not the interpretation of someone else. He lays out his plan… Read more

  • The quest for freedom everywhere

    The struggle for freedom on the part of oppressed people in general and of the American Negro in particular has developed slowly and is not going to end suddenly. Privileged groups rarely give up their privileges without strong resistance. But when oppressed people rise up against oppression there is no stopping point short of full… Read more