Posts Tagged ‘conversation of race’
Listening to Voices
One day I’d like to meet the man after which my youngest nephew, Desmond, is named. I think Desmond Tutu is a phenomenal man. Not only because of his message of truth and reconciliation but because of how he brings that message.
To be honest I don’t agree with all his philosophies but I do believe [...]
The What Not to Talk About List
I’m not the talkative type but I have been known to “chat it up” especially when the topics deals with racial reconciliation. From around 1992 to 2002 my husband and I talked with plenty of good Christian folks (white and black) on a regular basis about everything ‘racial’ that you could think of.
It didn’t occur [...]
Talk
Talk: to chat, to converse, to dialogue.
“Talk is cheap.”
Or so it would seem. It’s time to redeem talk.
Talking about race can be redemptive, if you let it. All too often we Christians just don’t know how (or choose not too) let talk work for us in the area of race and reconciliation.
It’s time out of [...]
Dancing on a Train
A BLACK STEAM ENGINE
I can’t help but feel like we’re dancing on a moving train.
Last week there was a lot of talk in Washington, DC about race and reconciliation. It was part of the Race and Reconciliation in America conference hosted by Bill and Janet Cohen. Bill Cohen, former Secretary of Defense, and his wife [...]
Separate and Unequal
Here’s my response to the discussion started by Dave Long’s December 21 interview.
If you’ll bear with me for just a little bit, I need to get a little academic. There’s a little teacher in me ;-) Please don’t skip to the end and see what I say there before you read the academic parts. I [...]
