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We MUST, as white American Christians, lean in and listen
This article in Christianity Today demonstrates the wide disparity held between white and black American Christians regarding policing. “Do police officers generally treat black and white Americans alike? White evangelicals are more likely to say ‘yes’ than any other major religious demographic in the United States. Black Protestants are most likely to disagree.” Even after a long string of black…
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Living in the destiny of God
For the privileged and the underprivileged alike, if the individual puts at the disposal of the Spirit the needful dedication and discipline, he can live effectively in the chaos of the present in the high destiny of a son of God. — Howard Thurman, Jesus and the Disinherited
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The Anglican Church in North America speaks on the issue of racism in our nation
This address was from our Archbishop Foley Beach. It was given via Zoom since they couldn’t meet in person for the annual provincial meeting. I am thankful for the opportunity to be in this organization!
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The FOCUS of the disinherited
“… the child of the disinherited is like to live a heavy life. A ceiling is placed on his dreaming by the counsel of despair coming from his elders, whom experience has taught to expect little and to hope for less. If, on the other hand, the elders understand in their own experiences and lives the tremendous insight of Jesus,…
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Fear and intimidation in the oppressor
Howard Thurman’s book Jesus and the Disinherited, published in 1949, is still a prophetic voice into our current world. It is time for change. Thurman walks through the fear that keeps the oppressed “in their place.” Fear of violent action causes the oppressed to fall into an “unremitting status of inferiority.” But Thurman also demonstrates how fear works in the…
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The constant threat on the marginalized in our world
Written in 1949, Howard Thurman’s Jesus and the Disinherited still shouts into our conscience if we will listen. Now seems to be the time to hear.
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2020 doesn’t have to be a waste
I have realized that we can joke about what a “do over” on 2020 because of coronavirus, but what if this wasn’t a wasted year after all?
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History lessons on racism from Bob the Tomato
Remember Veggie Tales? One of the creators, Phil Vischer, has continued to do a lot of fun stuff. On his somewhat more serious side he has a podcast I never miss called The Holy Post. This is a video where he quickly goes over history and why racism is still a problem.
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How TO see corporate injustice… and how NOT to see issues of justice
Tim Keller gave some insight into corporate injustice and confession in this quick talk: And then there is how NOT to address the issue of injustice while still sounding “biblical.”
Category: Racism
