Which Way?

Your faith is about your personal relationship with your values, and it should not matter in the slightest whether anyone knows why you behave as you do when you behave better because of your faith.

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The White Voice in Black Conversations

There seems always to be that moment when the white participant says something that is simply too much to handle.

Beliefs and Behaviors

The Jesus of the texts doesn’t encourage harm for others—and the opponents of health protocols aren’t demonstrating the person of the texts.

Shadows on the Wall

CRT is about systems, not individuals. Systems are developed as shortcuts for lengthy processes so that we don’t spend all our time trying to figure out how to hand multiple situations and not have disparate outcomes.

REVIEW: Sure, I’ll Be Your Black Friend

I’ve read many books this year, some of them similar to his in that they are life stories. This is the first one that I finished where I wanted to have more.

Hard Questions, Hard Answers

Jesus gets to the heart of the matter, which is simply you can’t follow Jesus if you have more important things than Jesus.

Real but Imaginary Threats

Much ink will be spilled in the next few months or even years about the topic of Critical Race Theory (CRT), both by those who think they support it and those who think they oppose it

The Fear of Transparency

The myth of white success also develops the myth of white innocence. All the successes were due to white efforts that others seemed unable to copy; all the events of terror and destruction were minimalized and forgotten. And white innocence was preserved & confirmed for a people who could gladly declare their devotion to America as the land of “liberty and justice for all.”

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REVIEW: Good White Racist?

As your friend, I need to tell you
something about myself that I also see in you, and it’s something that’s
bringing harm to people.

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The Devil Is a Christian Nationalist

There is no divine right for Christians to control the government. There is no place in the Constitution for Christians to be given charge of the government to rule as “Christians.”

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REVIEW: Jesus and John Wayne

Du Mez answers the question “What happened to white Evangelicals between Clinton and Trump?” with provocative, well-researched data to show the inevitability of the election results in 2016—and 2020.

Maybe the Tree Is Bad

If policing is such a difficult skill that it results in the killing of Black civilians again and again then perhaps the problem is not the civilians.

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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We Must See People in Color

It is the reality of America that white people do recognize color, and use it for judgment about a person’s character.

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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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From Levittown to Black Lives Matter

We built the ground for protests when we broke ground for Levittown

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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