brenda salter mcneil Offering a larger narrative to which people can connect and rebuild their story The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only threatens people’s physical safety but also does violence to their…
brenda salter mcneil Lies left unchecked can become dangerous Living in isolation and insulation allows us to develop these prejudices based on post-truth rhetoric. Author, lecturer, and former educator Nathan Rutstein describes it like this: “Prejudice (is) an emotional…
brenda salter mcneil The burden we have carried As an African American woman, I’m acutely aware that many of us bear the weight of reconciliation in our bodies. This is not some social experiment for us. The call…
brenda salter mcneil What are you going to do about it? To understand my evolution as a reconciliation leader, you must first understand that I began my journey sincerely believing that if I could convince evangelical Christians that reconciliation was not…
brenda salter mcneil The time is now Now more than ever, those who care about the reconciliation command of the cross must speak up and out about injustice and must go about the work of dismantling the…
Uncategorized Becoming Brave: Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now A new book by Brenda Salter McNeil Becoming Brave offers a distinctly Christian framework for addressing systemic injustice. It challenges Christians to be everyday activists who become brave enough to break…
