Kerry Connelly Hard to break free It takes an incredibly strong, brave, and independent person to break free from the tribe - to go against the patterns of behavior and the roles you’ve been assigned to…
Susan K. Smith Jesus seemed absent, his words ignored Our beloved Bible gave us the Great Commandment, found in the Synoptic Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It is significant that these words are found in all three of…
Catherine Meeks Proximity without a process Physical proximity to one another can provide diverse peoples opportunities for caring relationship. However, without sustained interaction and expression of intimacy among people of different identities, the stage is set…
Ibram X. Kendi Denial is the heartbeat of racism It is hard for me to believe I finished high school in the year 2000 touting so many racist ideas. A racist culture had handed me the ammunition to shoot…
Uncategorized A letter from Jourdon Dayton, Ohio August 7, 1865 To My Old Master, Colonel P. H. Anderson, Big Spring, Tennessee Sir: I got your letter, and was glad that you had not forgotten Jourdon,…
Kerry Connelly The Birth of the White Empire Most of us - especially those of us who like to think of ourselves as good - sort of cringe at the idea of a white empire. It reeks of…
Uncategorized Church Where MLK Launched His Civil Rights Career to Become a Museum https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mlk-church-museum-grant-alabama-civil-rights-bus-boycott-180978446/
Religion News Service Maine faith leaders sign letter calling on Sen. Susan Collins to back For the People Act https://religionnews.com/2021/08/10/maine-faith-leaders-sign-letter-calling-on-sen-susan-collins-to-back-for-the-people-act/
Susan K. Smith Both the church and the state, when it came to racism, were weak from the start. As slavery continued to thrive in the United States, slave traders, many of whom called themselves Christian, participated in the business of selling human beings. As the economy of the…
Catherine Meeks Opposing racism needs to be rooted in the vision of God’s dream The Christian faith is based upon being committed to God’s dream for us personally and communally. Our living creatively into the future involves our devotion to the compelling vision of…
Ibram X. Kendi The cycle hardened the racist ideas inside me Like the famous question about the chicken and the egg, the answer is less important than the cycle it describes. Racist ideas make people of color think less of themselves,…
Uncategorized White Christian Nationalism in the United States: An Online Mini-Conference https://raac.iupui.edu/programs/events/white-christian-nationalism-in-the-united-states-an-online-mini-conference/
Robert P. Jones Segregation As blacks began to pour into northern cities to escape oppression in the South as part of the “great migration” in the early nineteen hundreds, the Catholic Church responded by…
Susan K. Smith It is our very denial which has allowed the system to continue Though this book will be talking about race and its impact on how both the Bible and the United States Constitution have been read, interpreted, and applied, it is important…
Catherine Meeks The transformation of hearts is essential Opposing racism but not being active in combatting it sounds rather benign. Forfeiting opportunities to act creatively for race relations may be the greatest contributor to racism’s malignant persistence in…
Religion News Service United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
Robert P. Jones Why are White evangelicals embracing an anti-democratic movement? from the Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/12/white-evangelicals-decline-spurs-an-anti-democratic-movement/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_opinions
Religion News Service Patriot games: CRT, Christian nationalism and a battle for the real truth of America https://religionnews.com/2021/07/02/patriot-games-crt-christian-nationalism-and-a-battle-for-the-real-truth-of-america/
Catherine Meeks Embedded in how American institutions and systems function Centuries of racial discrimination and injustice are the foundation upon which current social and economic institutions stand. Education, for example, is touted as a way for persons to participate fully…
Kerry Connelly White people in America have trouble noticing when it’s us who are the jerks in the room Here is something I learned in acting school: No bad guy ever wakes up thinking he’s the bad guy. Every villain in any script always thinks he’s got a valid…
Susan K. Smith A few assumptions This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. First is that in order to be a Christian, one must read, know, and follow the words and commandments of Jesus…
