H.R. 40 (REPARATIONS NOW)
"While it might be convenient to assume that we can address the current divisive racial and political climate in our nation through race neutral means, experience shows that we have not escaped our history. Tho...
An Excerpt From Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World – And How to Repair It All
Standing before the court, eighteen-year-old Fortune was born free and should have remained free according to Lord Baltimore’s 1681 legal turnabout. But of course the application of law is different from the law itself.
Walking in the Shadow
We have experienced a long night where we have been brought face-to-face with the staggering inequities pervading our society. No longer are we able to say we didn’t know, for we have seen with our eyes, heard with our ears, witnessed in multiple ways, how those on our margins have been left in Egypt to fend for themselves.
Christian Leaders from Around the Country Read Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech
One-hundred and sixty-nine years ago today, abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the 600 members of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" This past weekend, Christian leaders from around the country gathered virtually with Red Letter Christians to read this powerful piece together.
Consistent and Faithful Witnesses
Racial justice is a necessary part of the substantive call of discipleship, part of who we are called to be – day after day, year after year.
Repentance and Redemption Inside the White Church
I began with Charles and asked him, “As a Choctaw man who follows Jesus on the Red Road, are there parallels that you see between the politics of the White church today and the politics of the White church in the days of the Choctaw removal?”
Policing Was Never Intended for Law Enforcement
It is not enough to call for reform. We cannot get new fruit from the same lynching tree. We need a new tree.
Behind CT’s Editorial Is a Crisis of America’s Religion of Whiteness
We are in a crisis of the religion of whiteness.
Why Jesus Followers Should Be Prison Abolitionists
If Jesus were alive today, I think he would be a prison abolitionist.
My Tension with Kanye West’s ‘Sunday Service’
I am confronted with the idea that God can and does use people I don’t like or would not choose all the time.