Crossing the color line for democracy is the beginning of the journey to repent, repair and redeem America’s Original Sin for white people, especially white Christians.
Dr. King told us: "We shall learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we shall perish as fools."
This speaks of the need for white men to accept as equals both women and people of color.
Neither Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, black or white, straight or gay -- We are all one! We are as I heard recently "All fingers of the same hand."
I have read your comments, article and followed your ministry for many years. In this article you state you wanted to understand Black Detroit so you went there to listen and to understand You also talked about peacemaking, so I ask you Mr. Wallis, have you sought out people that think differently than you to listen to them, to understand where they are coming from? If so please tell us about it. In this divided world, have you truly been a peacemaker? Your words cause me to ask that question. At such a time as this, I truly believe God, through our faith leaders, can help close the divide by listening, by developing relationships, by breaking bread together as Jesus did. We can do all things through God. It requires us to be more like Jesus and walk with the sinners rather than to condemn them. Thank you.
Excellent essay and call to benevolent action, dear Rev. Jim. It's astounding, disgusting and shameful how "persuasive" has been the right-wing Republican attack on CRT / Critical Race Theory as if it's some terrible kind of subversion of the Good.
The GOP has a long history of demonizing important conscientious movements & cogent theorizing and policy-making just by repeating misleading slurs, e.g., hissing and denigrating the word "liberal" (re: Pres. George H.W. Bush) or falsely portraying as "socialist scum" (Newt Gingrich, DJ Trump, et al.) those progressives whose policies would heal our divisions and assorted injustices. (Isn't that breaking the commandment to not "bear false witness against thy neighbor"?)
Now the GOP is doubling down on "successfully" slurring CRT and "wokeness" just to maintain and WORSEN the status quo of longstanding racial injustice.
This talk resonates deeply with my lived experience years ago of walking with students and staff at a predominantly black university in Chicago and being part of a black Catholic Church. I still struggle with how so many of my family and white church members disavow the lived experience of people who shared their stories with me and what I watched.
Dr. King told us: "We shall learn to live together as brothers and sisters or we shall perish as fools."
This speaks of the need for white men to accept as equals both women and people of color.
Neither Jew or Greek, slave or free, male or female, black or white, straight or gay -- We are all one! We are as I heard recently "All fingers of the same hand."
I have read your comments, article and followed your ministry for many years. In this article you state you wanted to understand Black Detroit so you went there to listen and to understand You also talked about peacemaking, so I ask you Mr. Wallis, have you sought out people that think differently than you to listen to them, to understand where they are coming from? If so please tell us about it. In this divided world, have you truly been a peacemaker? Your words cause me to ask that question. At such a time as this, I truly believe God, through our faith leaders, can help close the divide by listening, by developing relationships, by breaking bread together as Jesus did. We can do all things through God. It requires us to be more like Jesus and walk with the sinners rather than to condemn them. Thank you.
Excellent essay and call to benevolent action, dear Rev. Jim. It's astounding, disgusting and shameful how "persuasive" has been the right-wing Republican attack on CRT / Critical Race Theory as if it's some terrible kind of subversion of the Good.
The GOP has a long history of demonizing important conscientious movements & cogent theorizing and policy-making just by repeating misleading slurs, e.g., hissing and denigrating the word "liberal" (re: Pres. George H.W. Bush) or falsely portraying as "socialist scum" (Newt Gingrich, DJ Trump, et al.) those progressives whose policies would heal our divisions and assorted injustices. (Isn't that breaking the commandment to not "bear false witness against thy neighbor"?)
Now the GOP is doubling down on "successfully" slurring CRT and "wokeness" just to maintain and WORSEN the status quo of longstanding racial injustice.
This talk resonates deeply with my lived experience years ago of walking with students and staff at a predominantly black university in Chicago and being part of a black Catholic Church. I still struggle with how so many of my family and white church members disavow the lived experience of people who shared their stories with me and what I watched.