REVIEW: Urban Apologetics

This is a solid book and a solid resource for any Christian, but it is focused on the needs of the Black Christian in today’s America.

This Do

There is nothing that white American Christians have or want as human beings that our Black brothers and sisters do not want.

On the Public Death of a Suspect

I am watching the trial of Derek Chauvin, taking place right now, to determine his culpability and guilt in the public death of George Floyd some ten months ago.

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Can This Racial Division Be Healed?

It’s fascinating and saddening to realize that the people who are outside the faith have a better understanding of Jesus and Christianity and the Gospel than many Evangelicals have.

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Beyond the Sight Lines of Racism

Small acts lead to great effects, and nothing that we do is wasted when we are committed to doing well.

REVIEW: How to Fight Racism

Working to bring our fellow human beings up to their full dignity as people who are endowed with full human, civil rights is a good thing for all of us,

Fieldnotes on Allyship: Now in Print

It is a truth universally acknowledged that America is centered on the success, promotion, pleasure, and whims of white people.

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Fieldnotes on Allyship is Launched!

Fieldnotes on Allyship is launched—an anthology of eighteen writers from three continents writing about allyship for the Black community.

When Church Becomes the State

Sometimes we think that by making our country an explicitly religious one, we will solve our problems. But the results are always worse.

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To My Evangelical Faith Family

To my white Evangelical family: You birthed me and raised me and gave me principles and sent me out into … More

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Making the Past the Past

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” ~ Wm. Faulkner It is a difficult thing to think that … More

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The Confidence of Ignorance

It’s really sad when white guys don’t get it. There’s a sui generis difference between the experience of Black Americans … More

REVIEW: So You Want to Talk about Race

So you want to write a review . . . I was initially reluctant to read this book by Ijeoma … More

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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 46: Whole Again

I’ve been blogging with friends as I read through “Waking Up White,” by Debby Irving. We’re committed to reading, thinking, … More

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Words of Apology

One of the most critical things I’m learning is that a conditional apology is worthless. An apology leading with an … More

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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 45: Normalizing Race Talk

Blogging with friends as I read “Waking Up White” by Debby Irving, committed to read and think and write about … More

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 42: Solidarity and Accountability

I’m blogging, along with several others, as I read the book by Debby Irving “Waking Up White.” We’ve committed to … More

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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 41: From Bystander to Ally

Still reading chapters from Waking Up White, by Debbie Irving, and blogging my responses as I read. Quotes are from … More

#WakingUpWhite Chapter 39: Equality Starts with Equity

I’m going through Debbie Irving’s book Waking Up White, along with several friends, blogging about each chapter as I read … More

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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 38: The Rugged Individual

I’m blogging my way through Waking Up White, by Debbie Irving. Along with a few other writers, we’re reading and … More

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When Words Fail

I was in a conversation recently where this question came up: “How do we influence people to change their minds … More

White Jesus, Bible Jesus: Pick One

Yes, this is deliberately provocative for a blog title, chosen to shake up people settled in their ways like the … More

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#WakingUpWhite Chapter 34: Becoming Multicultural

Once again, I’m reading & simultaneously commenting on Debby Irving’s book Waking Up White. This chapter is fire. Creating a … More

The Purpose-Driven Lie

“The purpose of racism is to control the behavior of white people, not Black people. For Blacks, guns and tanks … More

I Am MLK Jr

A film from the Paramount Network. I was 13 when Dr. King was murdered. I could not comprehend what I … More

Walking in and out of Justice

Sometimes we can choose our inconveniences. I was watching a video late last night, far past midnight, and stopped about … More

A Place We Cannot Enter

I’ve watched my friends express their shock, their hurt, their anger, their outrage, their fury, their fear, their hopelessness, their isolation, their understanding of their own oppression in a society that does not see them. Does not value them. Does not, from beginning to end, love them.