Some churches just won’t let people question in genuinely meaningful ways.
“there would be no black church without racism in the white church.”
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
― The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism
“As idols of God, as image bearers, we are connected to the presence of God. God is with us. When we are connected with God, our mirror neurons are attuned to God—attuned to what he is thinking and feeling about us, others, and the world. Through this attunement with God, we bear his presence to everything in the world.”
― Does God Really Like Me?: Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us
― Does God Really Like Me?: Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us
“Sometimes the story we’re telling the world isn’t half as endearing as the one that lives inside us.”
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
― Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Acquiring a Taste for True Intimacy
“Racism hurts (even kills) people of color 24-7. Interrupting it is more important than my feelings, ego, or self-image.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“People of color may also hold prejudices and discriminate against white people, but they lack the social and institutional power that transforms their prejudice and discrimination into racism; the impact of their prejudice on whites is temporary and contextual.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
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