Posts Tagged ‘Racial Reconciliation’
Dear Church, Don’t Give Up On Yourself
Dear Church, At the time of this writing it has only been a few days since Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. Already…
Read MoreDear [White] Church, Allow Your Hearts to Be Uncomfortably Broken
Dear [White] Church, Allow Your Hearts to Be Uncomfortably Broken Pain is a meeting place with God. It is a place of the truest honesty. Pain is not a…
Read MoreDear Church, Open Your Eyes to Racism
Dear Church, I write to you to admit my own blindness as a white woman to our history of racism and the harm that has been done and continues to…
Read MoreDear Church, I Write to Share a Recipe for Gumbo!
Dear Church, Given America’s polarized divisions, it’s time to make gumbo! As a proud native of New Orleans, I have absolutely no reservation in sharing that gumbo is my favorite…
Read MoreDear Church, I Can’t Hear You
Dear Church, Hello! Are you there? A social awakening is happening outside the walls of your well-constructed edifices. Do you not see it? Your people are hungry for change, yet…
Read MoreDear Church, God Bless America
Unclench your fists. Hold out your hands. Take mine. Let us hold each other. Thus is God’s Glory Manifest. “Epiphany,” Madeleine L’Engle Dear Church, God bless America? Really? Tragically, our…
Read MoreDear Church, The 2020 Census will have a lasting Impact
Dear Church, By now you’ve heard that the 2020 Census will determine how much federal funding each community will get for healthcare, schools, housing, food assistance, and so much more.…
Read MoreDear Church, Do You Serve a God Who Sees?
I write to you not as a theologian but as a parishioner, a follower, and a friend. I acknowledge that while the “church” is made up of each of us;…
Read MoreDear Church, The Virus Attacking the Body of Christ
Dear Church, I am writing to you, sheltering in place with my family, from my home in Washington, D.C. in the midst of the 2020 Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic that has…
Read MoreDear Church, Make Room for Lament
Dear Church, I sit and write this letter in the confines of my home as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep through the entire world. If you wake up every…
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