It is not enough to identify racism as a problem. Too often what we do is admit there is racism, but then catch ourselves in the foolish question of just who IS and who ISN’T “a racist.” What we need to do is acknowledge racism and then combat it.
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Anti-racist
I have been challenged recently by people who write on racism and friends who are people of color on this issue of racism. It is something that has weighed on me the past several years (the issue of racism) and when I moved to Alabama, I knew the Lord would keep working on me. The challenge is this: It’s not enough to simply think I’m not a racist. I need to be anti-racist.
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We finished a long three week trip as we visited family. It was a great trip filled with friends, family, and conversation. There was one last stop I needed to make before we made it home.
Continue reading “Soul wrenching”Dr. King — The time is always right to do right
Now if we are going to have this kind of massive action program that is necessary to solve the problem, we’ve got to get rid of one or two false notions that are disseminated around our nation, false ideas and myths that are constantly circulated.
Continue reading “Dr. King — The time is always right to do right”Court prophets and wilderness prophets
There are too many paragraphs to highlight in this powerful column. But this one is a good one to point out:
Continue reading “Court prophets and wilderness prophets”Let America be America Again
By Langston Hughes
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Deep faith
A couple of articles worth reading this week that speak to soul searching at the depth of faith in a world of worsening persecution.
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