Posts Tagged ‘ministry of reconciliation’
The Empowerment Experiment
Did you EE today?
That’s what Maggie and John Anderson want to know. The Andersons, an African American couple living in a Chicago suburb, started The Empowerment Experiment (or EE) in January 2009.
When they ask their signature question (did you EE today), they are asking if you bought from a black-owned business. Their reasoning? To defy [...]
Lessons from Gates-gate
I’ve been trying to avoid the whole Gates-gate craziness. The President’s invitation to a ‘Beer Summit’ left a bad taste in my mouth. I know, I know, he extended the invitation with a good heart but sometimes reconciliation takes more than kneejerk reactions from a good heart.
Thankfully, this post on Urban Faith expressed many of [...]
Mandate
Mandate: an order given that much be obeyed and not questioned.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21
It was 1992. I was sitting in a racial reconciliation conference and the speaker said that God had given believers a mandate to be reconciled.
I took offense. His statement was up there with calling all the whites in the room racist or blaming [...]
