White Surprise and More
Recently my husband and I found ourselves as the only Black couple on a sea and land tour to Alaska […]
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‘Homecoming’: 100 years after forceful removal, Nez Perce people celebrate reclaimed land
https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2021/07/29/oregon-nez-perce-tribe-celebrate-reclaimed-reservation-land-history-treaty-chief-joseph-amsaaxpa/5424269001/
“Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
“We must put drug abuse on the run through stronger law enforcement,” Reagan said in the Rose Garden. It wasn’t
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The chaos of daily life
I realize we are also each in the midst of the chaos of daily life even when there is not
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‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave
https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-sports-lifestyle-nhl-ap-top-news-4c4d04b03dc0f3a070e287be092c50d4
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Identity Politics
All progress we have made in the realm of civil rights has been accomplished through identity politics: women’s suffrage, the
Indigenous Americans demand a reckoning with brutal colonial history
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/27/indigenous-americans-protesting-brutal-colonial-history
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We must awaken this reality in society
The current sociopolitical climate, where untruths are allowed to go unchecked, unchallenged, and unsubstantiated, creates an environment that not only
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It is well beyond time…
This book puts forward a simple proposition: it is time – indeed, well beyond time – for white Christians in
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If we are to survive and thrive, we must hold its divisions and contradictions with compassion, lest we lose our democracy.
I discovered a book that helped me understand how heartbreak and depression – two of the most isolating and disabling
Survivors of California’s forced sterilizations: ‘It’s like my life wasn’t worth anything’
A new reparations program will compensate survivors of prison system sterilizations and the 20th century eugenics campaign https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/19/california-forced-sterilization-prison-survivors-reparations
The binary of white/nonwhite
Let’s take the binary of white/nonwhite – you know, as a totally random example. Whether you’re ready to admit it
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United Church of Christ declares racism a public health crisis
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2021/07/14/ucc-united-church-of-christ-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
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“A Bridge Between US” is a series of online conversations for societal healing
sponsored by the IFS Foundation https://mailchi.mp/8b2cfc82ac29/a-bridge-between-us-online-conversations-for-societal-healing?e=bfb4476e64
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Your three-member committee
Your singular human brain functions like a three-member committee. Each of your three primary modules includes many distinct submodules that
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Some Assumptions In This Book
This book is laid out upon a few assumptions. FIrst is that in order to be a Christian, one must
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Until We Weep
by Shannon CrossBear Let us weep For what has been done to the children, to the mothers, to the fathers,
How America Fractured Into Four Parts
by George Packer in The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/george-packer-four-americas/619012/
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A Christian response to climate change
A Christian response to climate change begins with reclaiming the intimate connection humans once had with creation through simple practices
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How My Momma Saved Me From Racism
by Jeff Burns https://www.patheos.com/blogs/jeffburns/2021/06/how-my-momma-save-me-from-racism/
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