Yes, There’s Something You Can Do Tim Branch June 30, 2020 General, Practical Justice, Race I actually can do something. I can learn more.
United Methodists Unveil ‘Dismantling Racism’ Initiative RLC Editor June 22, 2020 Church Life, Race, Theology A multi-level effort throughout the church to initiate a sustained and coordinated effort to dismantle racism.
Why It Matters: An Interview with Sara Groves About Noticing and Naming Sara Groves June 22, 2020 Art, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice The public naming of things hidden, things embedded, systemic, is prophetic.
Jesus Spoke Truth From the Dirt, Not a Stage Christian Canady June 17, 2020 Church Life, General, Theology I was taught a lot about how Jesus’ death was about me and almost nothing about how his death was an act of suppression and hate by those in power
We Have Refused to Listen: Repentance After George Floyd’s Murder Chris Hall June 16, 2020 Church Life, Practical Justice, Race The Lord is calling us to sacrificial love, a love where the currency of our words is backed by the gold of our lives.
Dying to Whiteness, Becoming Anti-Racist Nathan Hunt June 12, 2020 Global, Race, Theology Whiteness is very real, and it cannot simply be exited by saying so.
White Christians, It’s Time for Us to Repent Tyler James Russell June 9, 2020 Church Life, General, Race Church, White Christians, we are not Israel right now; we are Rome.
Disembodiment, Embodiment, and Re-Embodiment Lydia Vander Stelt June 6, 2020 Church Life, Race, Theology Our call as white Christians to love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly is seen in the practices of disembodiment, embodiment, and re-embodiment.
Clearing the Temple Courts: What Jesus Did About Systemic Injustice Corey Farr June 3, 2020 Peace & Nonviolence, Race, Theology Clearing the temple was disruptive and highly controversial.
On Protesting: A Theological Reflection for the Privileged (like me) Jon Huckins June 1, 2020 Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Theology Jesus disrupted the pseudo-peace to expose it for what it was; a weapon of the state to maintain the status quo.