Mark Feldmeir Three suggestions So, what can we do? Where do we go from here? Can I offer three suggestions? First, if you’re white, listen to people, especially to people of color, who are…
Mark Feldmeir Something more systemic? If we want to understand racism in the U.S., as uncomfortable as it might be for us, we have the moral responsibility to open our eyes and see our society…
Mark Feldmeir How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. Axiom: How we think about racism is largely determined by our own particular race. For my friend stranded in the unlit parking lot, fearing the black man who ultimately came…
Mark Feldmeir Two Stories I do not presume to have arrived on the issue, or to be “woke.” I simply want to share with you what I have discovered on my own journey toward…
Mark Feldmeir How can we talk about race without the defensiveness, reflexivity, and scapegoating that accompanies such conversations? Baltimore, Ferguson, Charlottesville, Charleston. Trevon, Tamir, Sandra, Philando, and Freddie. Kaepernick, Serena, Barkley, and Lebron. White supremacy, white privilege, white fragility, and woke. “Hands up, don’t shoot.” “I can’t breathe.”…
Mark Feldmeir When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. Axiom #1: When the cost of error is too high, the wise hedge their bets. If, for ideological reasons, we cannot agree that human activity contributes to climate change, then…
Mark Feldmeir An alternative to self-interested values For Jesus, a politics of love manifests itself in the form of compassion, which in Latin means literally to “suffer with another.” Genuine compassion evokes a deep concern for the…
Uncategorized When did you know? And what did you do? A Christian response to climate change begins with reclaiming the intimate connection humans once had with creation through simple practices such as gardening, animal husbandry, composting, harvesting rainwater, birdwatching, spending…
Uncategorized A life insurance policy on the planet In the debate over climate change, does it not make logical sense to take out a life insurance policy on the planet? If there is any chance that the prevailing…
