Brandon Hall

“there would be no black church without racism in the white church.”
― Jemar Tisby, The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism

“This is why people may lose weight on a diet, but if the underlying emotional cause of the weight gain remains, they are destined to gain back the weight, just as taking a tranquilizer may reduce anxiety in a person at that moment but will not take away the reason they were anxious long term.”
― Ann Gadd, The Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet, and Exercise Choices

“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.”
― Cyd Holsclaw, Does God Really Like Me?: Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us

“White progressives can be the most difficult for people of color because, to the degree that we think we have arrived, we will put our energy into making sure that others see us as having arrived. None of our energy will go into what we need to be doing for the rest of our lives: engaging in ongoing self-awareness, continuing education, relationship building, and actual antiracist practice. White progressives do indeed uphold and perpetrate racism, but our defensiveness and certitude make it virtually impossible to explain to us how we do so.”
― Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism