Race

Moral Week of Action, Day 3: Equal Protection Under the Law

August 24, 2014

George was not the first person to tell me that young black men in Durham feel hunted by the police. For nearly a decade, I heard this from a generation of teens and young adults in Durham, North Carolina’s Walltown neighborhood.

What If It Were Your Son?

Leroy Barber

August 22, 2014

General, Race

What if you were the Brown family? What if your son, who was preparing to leave home and start his college career, was approached by police for either jaywalking or stealing cigars from a store?

Reading Revelation in An Unjust World

Ed Cyzewski

August 22, 2014

General, Global, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

The sole reason for Revelation’s existence is to encourage people who are suffering injustice.

Life Among the Bus-Riders: A Window on My City

Britney Winn Lee

August 21, 2014

Church Life, General, Practical Justice, Race

You have not moved to this side of town to rescue the inner city. Rather, you’re all getting yourselves saved a little at a time by doing life together across lines of difference.

Go to Hell: God's Gracious Word to American Christians

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

August 20, 2014

Church Life, General, Practical Justice, Race

“When I was in prison, ” Jesus said in Matthew 25, “you visited me.” We find Jesus in prison because prison is where Jesus has established residence here on Earth. We don’t visit to take Jesus to inmates. We follow Jesus into the hell of America’s prison because this is the way God has revealed for us to receive the gift of resurrection life.

Wake Up, America: Why We Can’t Afford to Ignore Ferguson

Josina Guess

August 19, 2014

General, Race, Theology

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Some of us think it’s time to wake up and face the reality of racial disparity that will not go away. As the church, we have the power to bring these wicked deeds to the light and work for change.

The Dangers of Jaywalking: White Power, Black Rage, and Ubuntu in America

Chris Lahr

August 19, 2014

General, Race

When the police in Ferguson, MO, released the name of the officer who shot Michael Brown last week, they also released surveillance camera footage of Brown in a convenience store, purportedly shoplifting.

Two (or Three) Things NOT to Say About Your Short-Term Mission Trip

Amy Peterson

August 16, 2014

Church Life, General, Global, Practical Justice, Race

Last night I was reading a book by a young woman who moved to Africa as a teenager. Her story stirred up a lot of feelings, both positive and negative, for me.

Who's Most Precious in God's Sight: An Interview with Leroy Barber

Romal J. Tune

August 16, 2014

Church Life, General, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

Isn’t it funny that many of the missions and ministry organizations standing against injustice perpetuate it within their own organizations?

38 Minutes to See What’s Behind Ferguson, MO

Margot Starbuck

August 14, 2014

General, Global, Race

It’s helped me begin to see what’s happening in Ferguson, MO. Not what’s on the news, but what’s weighing on their souls when they hear the news that one more black man has been gunned down by law enforcement.