Calls for change and continuing the process.
Bonus Week This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. After learning the past six weeks about racism, racial reconciliation, and police brutality, it may be helpful to learn about specific calls for change.…
What do our Black brothers and sisters have to say?
Week Six This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. Opportunities to hear directly from our brothers and sisters in Christ are an opportunity to carry each other’s burdens. Our Black brothers and sisters…
Police Brutality, Learning the Stories of Those Murdered
Week Five This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. One of the most unloving things we can tell somebody is that their pain is not real. This has long been a reality when…
What is racial reconciliation? What is it not?
Week Four This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. In the Old Testament, God declares that his house will be a house of prayer for all nations (Isaiah 56:7). When Jesus prayed before…
Racism. Sometimes obvious, sometimes hidden.
Week Three This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. The enemy wants to outwit us by causing division in any way possible. One way Satan has achieved great division is through racism—both interpersonal…
Why do white people have a hard time talking about race?
Week Two This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. As we dive into our second week of learning, we will be studying how our culture can make it hard to talk about…
How do people respond to new information?
Week One This is part of a six week series to begin learning about race in America. We are going to start things off fairly light before diving into deeper topics. As we begin this journey together, I encourage you…
Descendants of Abraham
I am a child of Abraham. When God said Abraham’s descendants would be as numerous as the stars in the sky, He knew I would be one of those stars. This makes my heart leap for joy, because it’s evidence…
True validation comes from God.
In times of racial tension, it’s common to see two “extremes” in White people (although there are definitely more extremes on both ends). One extreme is unloving, ignores, and says: The problems Black people experience are all their fault and…
Race in America
Six Weeks of Learning Many white Christians feel the need to learn more about racism in our culture in response to recent events of police brutality and vigilante violence against Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd. At the House…