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…
Amanda Henderson The deep wounds have been on full display Yet as I wallowed in grief, I realized I was not alone. This is how most of the world has lived for most of history. Rarely are leaders on the…
Religion News Service Black Pastor Wants His Mostly White Congregation To Understand Racial Justice https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/911005948/black-pastor-wants-his-mostly-white-congregation-to-understand-racial-justice?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=religion
Religion News Service Becoming Less Racist: Lighting the Path to Anti-Racism This show is hosted on Religion News Service’s Facebook page every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. "In each episode, we will bring in an expert to speak about a particular aspect…
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.”…
John Pavlovitz I Hate Police Brutality, Not the Police by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/08/29/i-hate-police-brutality-not-the-police/
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…
Religion News Service Brenda Salter McNeil on racial justice: ‘Silence is violence’ from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/08/14/brenda-salter-mcneil-racial-justice-expert-brenda-church-becoming-brave-silence-violence/
Religion News Service For white Christians, racial justice starts with telling the truth by Robert P. Jones, on Religion News Service Perhaps the biggest obstacle to white Christians’ full participation in the movement for racial equality is an unshakable commitment to our own…
Religion News Service A call for moral leadership Six divinity school deans and seminary presidents release a joint statement on the state of our national leadership. from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/06/23/a-call-for-moral-leadership/
Sojourners Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic by Jim Wallis, through Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/20/rejecting-symbols-of-hate/
Uncategorized The History That James Baldwin Wanted America To See by Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-history-that-james-baldwin-wanted-america-to-see
Religion News Service Trump unmasked his racist campaign strategy — and Christians have choices to make by Jim Wallis, through Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/13/trump-unmasked-his-racist-campaign-strategy-and-christians-have-choices-to-make/
Uncategorized Why Black Christians are bracing for a ‘whitelash’ https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/us/white-black-christians-racism-burke/index.html
Otis Moss III A Letter To My Son by Otis Moss III https://www.huffpost.com/entry/post_12566_b_10974782
Religion News Service The preaching politician: ‘Good Trouble’ documentary follows John Lewis from fields of Alabama to halls of Congress from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2020/07/02/john-lewis-good-trouble-documentary-tells-tale-of-preaching-politician/
jonathan wilson-hartgrove New book urges white Christians to assess their ‘abuses of faith’ A new book by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/new-book-urges-white-christians-assess-their-abuses-faith
Wil Gafney Hagar, Sarah and Black Lives Matter by Wil Gafney https://www.wilgafney.com/2020/06/20/hagar-sarah-and-black-lives-matter/
John Pavlovitz The White Privilege of Ignoring the News by John Pavlovitz https://johnpavlovitz.com/2020/06/23/the-white-privilege-of-ignoring-the-news/
Uncategorized “Dismantling Racism: Pressing on to Freedom” United Methodist Church leaders will launch a plan of action to galvanize church members and others to actively stand against racism in the wake of the death of George Floyd…
Uncategorized Self-Deception in the #PublishingPaidMe Marketplace by Sophfronia Scott https://www.ruminatemagazine.com/blogs/ruminate-blog/self-deception-in-the-publishingpaidme-marketplace
