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Captive Audience: A Black Woman's Reflection on the Sparrow Conference
What happens when whiteness goes on without being confronted?
Nipsey Hussle: A Too-Soon Eulogy
Born Ermias Davidson Asghedom, his is a story of overcoming harsh circumstances to inspire hope.
Reflections on Suffering and the Sufficiency of Jesus’ Grace in 2018
When we suffer in 2019, remember God’s grace will be sufficient just as his resurrecting & transformative grace was sufficient for us in our suffering in 2018.
Why The History of Lynching Is No Laughing Matter
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
Eugene Peterson – A Tribute and Call
Eugene Peterson had a knack for holding up a mirror to his reader through the stories and poetry he shared.
The Black Face of Immigration
We have been taught to think about immigration as a Latino issue.
Media: Criminalizing the Victim, Acquitting the Killer
Media is a powerful tool that has been used time and time again to criminalize people of color.
An Open Letter To John MacArthur About Social Justice
For the Christian, social justice is simply applying the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) & the Great Requirement (Micah 6:8) to people as well as institutions.
EJI Reports on Segregation in the United States
"We must first tell the truth about our past before we can overcome it.” -Bryan Stevenson, EJI Director
Protectors of Privilege: When White People Call the Boys in Blue on Black People
This country cannot simply repair the devastations of white privilege; it must repent of it.
There Will Be No Fireworks This Juneteenth
The once enslaved were free but only as free as America would allow them to be.
Christians Defending Immigrant Families is Good, But it Also Requires Consistency
Christians often express selective outrage.
Andy Stanley and the Dismissal of the OT
Neglecting the Old Testament would leave our faith anemic, our preaching shallow, and our theology incomplete.
What the Crack Epidemic and Opioid Crisis Tells Us About Race in America
There will be no justice if there is an inability to admit things are unjust.
Safe at Starbucks?
For Christians, the coffee shop has housed anything from mentorship/discipleship meetings to sermon preparation.
Mason Temple and The Freedom To Be: A Respectable Religion Under The White Gaze
How can one be truly free if she or he is not free to worship in spirit and in truth?