Oppression – Red Letter Christians

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

November 23, 2022

But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

A Merciful Awakening: A Short Sermon on Mark 10:46-52

Liz Cooledge Jenkins

April 8, 2022

Race, Theology

For those of us who are being transformed by new-to-us revelations of long-present realities, this awakening journey is surely God’s mercy to us. It isn’t good for us to be unaware of actual history, ignorant of present realities of oppression, oblivious to marginalized people’s experiences. Some of these things might make us uncomfortable when we are made aware of them. But we need to be made aware. It’s part of our healing, our transformation, our wholeness.

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee

November 24, 2021

Creation & Environment, General, Race

But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

A Time to Grieve

Terri Wilkins

October 18, 2021

General, Global, Practical Justice

Then I return to bearing witness, recognizing that there is indeed a time for grief, and we are in that time.

The Racist Policing of China and the United States

Stephen Mattson

July 23, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

Two massive injustices happening against two different groups of people in two different nations of the world should be equally addressed, simultaneously lamented, and simultaneously confronted.

Identifying Spiritual Abuse

Britney Winn Lee

February 25, 2021

General, Theology, Women

Today, it is darkly comedic, the irony of this moment. At the time, it was crushing. Who was I to propose such a thing? Had I witnessed any of what I thought I’d witnessed?

Jesus Invited Women to Take Their Place

Tiffany Bluhm

February 16, 2021

Church Life, Practical Justice, Women

Throughout history, women overwhelmingly have been silenced when they’ve had a truth to tell, so much so that it felt detrimental to speak up. A waste of words. Yet Jesus, who came to make all things right, who came to overthrow power structures that demean and oppress, gave women a voice when others didn’t.

On Thanksgiving: An Honest Home in the Uncomfortable ‘Both’

Britney Winn Lee

November 25, 2020

Creation & Environment, General, Race

But this little plot of land, where my son swings from oak branches beside the bayou . . . where we make mashed potatoes for three instead of twenty-three . . . where I call home . . . is much more than just a settler's trophy. We live in Caddo territory, or so it was before the Treaty of Cession of 1835.

To My White Evangelical Friends: A Response to the Exit Polls

Felicia Melian

November 12, 2020

Politics, Practical Justice, Revival

How often does revival have to walk out of church in order to survive? How many awakened souls will have to leave the institution before the pain of staying the same is perceived as greater than the pain of change? Is there some way to expedite the process?

Why Should I Reparate?

Geoffrey Baron

September 3, 2020

Church Life, General, Practical Justice, Race

There is a certain amount of community guilt that comes with all the benefits of being an American. As Christians, we should know this. Did you eat the fruit in Eden? I didn't eat the fruit. There is no way I would have eaten the fruit. Everyone says the same thing when it comes to slavery.