Karyn

“Clearly there is no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.”
― Chinua Achebe, There Was a Country: A Memoir

“Taking on the yoke of Jesus is not about signing a doctrinal statement or making an intellectual commitment to a set of propositions. It isn’t about being right or getting our facts straight. It is about loving God and loving other people.”
― Rachel Held Evans, Faith Unraveled: How a Girl Who Knew All the Answers Learned to Ask Questions

“Prayer is a refusal to settle for what is.”
― Walter Brueggemann, Interrupting Silence: God's Command to Speak Out

“Whiteness estranges a person from the gift of living in community, with the capacity to connect with oneself, others, and the divine. White supremacy is a form of self-exile from one’s humanity, God, and other human beings.”
― Willie Dwayne Francois III, Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race