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    American Exceptionalism,  faith,  history,  justice,  racism

    Can This Racial Division Be Healed?

    February 11, 2021 /

    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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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 36: The Dominant White Culture

    November 21, 2019
    A man works to repair a church window.

    On Deconstruction

    March 17, 2022

    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 6: From Confusion to Shock

    February 8, 2019
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    American Exceptionalism,  history,  justice,  photos,  racism

    We Must See People in Color

    January 22, 2021 /

    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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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 40: Bull in a China Shop

    January 26, 2020
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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 25: Belonging

    May 14, 2019
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    When We Don’t Want to Know

    September 28, 2019
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    American Exceptionalism,  faith,  history,  justice,  racism

    To My Evangelical Faith Family

    August 29, 2020 /

    To my white Evangelical family: You birthed me and raised me and gave me principles and sent me out into the world. I owe my character development to you. But now you’ve gone insane. I’ll just say this: a man, woman, or child does not need to be perfect in order to be treated as a human being who, according to our theology, bears the Imago Dei — the image of God. We were taught as Evangelicals to believe that all human beings are gloriously unique and valuable. This is embedded into our very theology of the Incarnation: we believe that Jesus was — and is! — not only God…

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    To Study Portuguese

    February 20, 2019

    When the Past Tries to Reclaim the Present

    March 13, 2019
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    #WakingUpWhite Chapter 43: From Tolerance to Engagement

    March 18, 2020
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