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Keep listening
I have come to not mind the uncomfortable places. I may grate internally, but when I find myself listening to the pain of others more often than not I find grief. I find sorrow. Lament. And then… the desire to keep moving forward.
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I can walk away
It is so easy to walk away. It is so easy to step back to the sidelines. That is my privilege. When things get uncomfortable… I can “take a break.” Worse, I can find ways to disagree. This is my privilege.
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Podcast: Aftermath of the George Floyd murder
I have been wanting to move the conversation on racism these past few weeks. I reached out to youth speaker Terrence Talley in this conversation. Terrence speaks in school assemblies and youth camps and has impacted thousands of lives. You can find out more about Terrence at TerrenceTalley.com. The audio podcast is HERE. The video version is HERE.
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Three Myths About Racism
We just need to keep listening… and then work locally for change.
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Pentecost needs power
We celebrate Pentecost Sunday, but it feels like we commemorate Pentecost Sunday. We are figuratively limping into this day, which should be a day of celebration and calling out to God for a fresh outpouring of his Spirit. Coronavirus has limited the ability to gather as a church. Our church will still be online this week. Then, the crushing news…
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Silence isn’t an option
A couple of weeks ago I was able to interview Marlena Graves and Dennis Edwards after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery was exposed by a leaked video. It was a necessary conversation on race and racism and the reaction of the white believers. Both of my guests are powerful communicators. Dennis has a piece posted on Christianity Today’s site concerning…
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Call out racism
“The common goal of 22 million Afro-Americans is respect as human beings, the God-given right to be a human being. Our common goal is to obtain the human rights that America has been denying us. We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens there until we…
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Throw the pebble
“People say, what is the sense of our small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A pebble cast into a pond causes ripples that spread in all directions. Each one of our thoughts, words and deeds is like that. No one has a right to sit down…
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Why Colin Kaepernick was kneeling and why black lives matter
A black quarterback kneels during the national anthem. He states his reason. He is clear. And the political world erupts, making it about disrespect for the flag and not loving this country. Protest marches erupt and there are chants of “Black Lives Matter” and the white world gets offended and shouts back “Blue lives matter!” or… worse… “All lives matter.”
